Six Nations: Woodward plays down Johnson axe

England boss Clive Woodward has claimed that ‘‘no-one should read anything’’ into Martin Johnson’s surprise appearance on the bench for Sunday’s Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship appointment with Italy.

England boss Clive Woodward has claimed that ‘‘no-one should read anything’’ into Martin Johnson’s surprise appearance on the bench for Sunday’s Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship appointment with Italy.

Johnson will be among five Lions Test players waiting in the wings when England wind up their campaign at Rome’s Stadio Flaminio.

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