Johnno: World Cup my career low point

MARTIN JOHNSON has described the damning fallout from England’s World Cup campaign as “one of the worst things I have experienced in the game”.

Johnson, who stood down as team manager last week, launched a passionate defence of his squad and coaching team in the wake of some fierce player criticism. Three confidential reports into England’s World Cup campaign have been leaked, and the excerpts made tough reading for Johnson.

“Of course it is not great to see those bits. It was one of the worst things I have experienced in the game,” Johnson said.