Johnson tells players they must improve

MARTIN JOHNSON has warned that England will be in “big trouble” if they fail to improve before New Zealand arrive at Twickenham for the final Investec Challenge clash of the autumn next Saturday.

There was precious little for the 78,000 crowd to cheer in Saturday’s dismal win over Argentina – in fact they booed and jeered – and the only crumb of comfort for a frustrated Johnson was the result.

Usually that is all that matters but Johnson knows the battle-hardened All Blacks will punish England’s myriad of mistakes far more ruthlessly than an Argentina side who had only been together for six days.