Johnson: Don’t blame players for my exit

MARTIN JOHNSON made a noble exit from Twickenham yesterday after taking the decision to stand down as England team manager on his own terms.

Johnson does leave the Rugby Football Union harbouring a frustrating sense of “unfinished business” after England’s failed Rugby World Cup campaign.

But with no guarantees he would have been retained by elite rugby director Rob Andrew once the RFU’s review process was completed, Johnson took the decision to bow out.