Johnson dismisses retirement rumour as ‘rubbish’

MARTIN JOHNSON has brushed aside talk he was about to retire after the World Cup final on Saturday.

At 33, the England captain will be the oldest skipper to lift the Webb Ellis trophy if his side beat Australia in the Telstra Stadium.

But when informed by a newspaper journalist that Leicester team-mate Austin Healey had predicted he would not wear the England shirt again, Johnson went on the attack.