Martin Osborne Johnson CBE (born 9 March 1970) is a former rugby union footballer who represented and captained England and Leicester. He will become the new England team manager on the 1st July 2008^[1] replacing the current manager Brian Ashton. Regarded as one of the greatest locks to have ever played, Johnson led the England side to a Grand Slam and World Cup victory in 2003. He toured three times with the British and Irish Lions, becoming the only man to have captained them on two separate tours. He also led his club Leicester Tigers to back-to back Heineken Cup victories and won the league six times. is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Solihull (IPA: , or ) is a large town in the West Midlands of England, with a population of 94,753. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... A normal Rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers. ... A normal Rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers. ... A cap is an appearance for a select team, such as a school, county or international team in sports. ... Official website www. ... The following is a list of international rugby union teams: // The British and Irish Lions are a separate case, being a combination of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. ... First international (also the worlds first)  Scotland 4–1 England  (27 March 1871) Largest win  England 134–0 Romania  (17 November 2001) Worst defeat  Australia 76–0 England  (6 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 6 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 2003 The England national rugby union team represents... First match Otago 3 - 8 Great Britain (28 April 1888) Largest win Manawatu 6 - 109 British & Irish Lions (28 June 2005) Worst defeat New Zealand 38 - 6 Lions (16 July 1983) The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British Isles Rugby Union Team or more colloquially the... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... First international (also the worlds first)  Scotland 4–1 England  (27 March 1871) Largest win  England 134–0 Romania  (17 November 2001) Worst defeat  Australia 76–0 England  (6 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 6 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 2003 The England national rugby union team represents... Official website www. ... William Brian Ashton MBE (born 3 September 1946 in Leigh, Lancashire) is a former rugby union player and the current Head Coach of the England national rugby union team. ... A Grand Slam can be completed in two ways in rugby union. ... The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth rugby union world cup. ... First match Otago 3 - 8 Great Britain (28 April 1888) Largest win Manawatu 6 - 109 British & Irish Lions (28 June 2005) Worst defeat New Zealand 38 - 6 Lions (16 July 1983) The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British Isles Rugby Union Team or more colloquially the... Official website www. ... The Heineken Cup sponsored by Heineken (known as the H Cup in France due to alcohol advertising laws) is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ...

Biography

Johnson was born in Solihull in the West Midlands, the second of three brothers — his younger brother Will plays back row forward. At the age of seven, his family moved to Market Harborough, Leicestershire, where Martin attended Little Bowden Primary School, Welland Park School and Robert Smyth School, where his father still works as a caretaker. Johnson briefly played American football for the Leicester Panthers as a tight end or defensive end. In 1989 he was approached by former All Black Colin Meads to try out for the King Country side in New Zealand. Johnson's trial run was successful and he played two seasons for King Country. In 1990 he was even selected for the New Zealand under-21 side which went on a tour of Australia playing a side that included another of the all-time great lock forwards, John Eales. However, in late 1990, Johnson returned to England because his New Zealand wife Kay wanted to live in the UK. He played for Leicester Tigers from 1989 to 2005. Johnson made his test debut against France in January 1993 under dramatic circumstances. He was due to play in another game when he was unexpectedly summoned to Twickenham to replace the injured Wade Dooley. With barely any proper preparation (he had a last-minute line-out session with his new teammates before the game), Johnson was thrown into the deep end. An early clash of heads with French prop Laurent Seigne momentarily left Johnson dazed, but he recovered and went on to play superbly as England won 16–15. then went on to become part of the side that won the 1995 Grand Slam. He was also called up to the 1993 Lions tour as a replacement, playing twice. , Solihull (IPA: , or ) is a large town in the West Midlands of England, with a population of 94,753. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... William Warwick Johnson (born 18 March 1974 in Solihull) is a rugby union footballer who plays at Number 8 for Benetton Rugby Treviso in Italy. ... , Market Harborough is a market town in Leicestershire, England. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ... Welland Park Community College, or Welland Park School as it is better known is a Secondary School in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. ... Image of the Front of the School Building The Robert Smyth School, in Market Harborough, Leicestershire is committed to the education of 14-19 year olds. ... First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 6 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 All Black redirects here. ... Colin Earl Meads (born June 3, 1936 in Cambridge, New Zealand) nicknamed Pinetree, is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer who played 133 times (55 of these were test matches) as an All Black from 1957 until 1971. ... The King Country Rugby Football Union was formed in 1922. ... John Eales AM (born 27 June 1970) is a former Australian rugby union footballer and arguably the most successful captain in the history of Australian Rugby. ... Twickenham Stadium (usually known as just Twickenham or Twickers[1]) is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... Wade Dooley (born 2 October 1957) is a former England rugby union international who played lock forward. ...

In 1997 with the retirement of Dean Richards, Johnson was made club captain but only captained the side when Richards was not playing. In 1997 Leicester won the Pilkington Cup and reached the final of the Heineken Cup. Despite not having international captaincy experience, he was selected by Ian McGeechan as the captain of the 1997 Lions tour to South Africa. The Lions as underdogs won the series 2-1. Dean Richards (born 11th July 1963), affectionately known as Deano is a former England rugby union union player. ... The EDF Energy Cup, also known as the Anglo-Welsh Cup an the English & Welsh rugby union knock-out cup competition featuring all 12 Guinness Premiership clubs and all 4 Welsh Regions. ... The Heineken Cup sponsored by Heineken (known as the H Cup in France due to alcohol advertising laws) is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ... Ian McGeechan (born on October 30, 1946) is a hugely successful rugby coach of the Northampton Saints, the Scotland national rugby union team and the British and Irish Lions. ...

Returning to domestic rugby, Lawrence Dallaglio was appointed England captain by new England coach Clive Woodward. However, Johnson took the captaincy in 1999 after Dallaglio was caught in a honey trap by the News of the World. Under Johnson's leadership England moved away from being a forward-dominated side, and towards the 15-man rugby that Woodward wanted them to play. Lawrence Bruno Nero Dallaglio (born on August 10, 1972 in London) is an English rugby union player, the former captain of the English national team. ... Sir Clive Ronald Woodward, CBE (born 6 January 1956 at Ely in Cambridgeshire) is a former English rugby union international who was the coach of the England rugby union team from 1997 to 2004. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Sting operation. ... The News of the World is a British tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. ...

Johnson was again asked to captain the Lions tour to Australia in 2001, becoming the only man to captain them twice. The tour was hugely successful financially; however, they lost 2-1 to a seasoned Australian side captained by John Eales and coached by Rod Macqueen. John Eales AM (born 27 June 1970) is a former Australian rugby union footballer and arguably the most successful captain in the history of Australian Rugby. ... Rod Macqueen was the Head Coach for the Australian Rugby Union Team. ...

In 2003 England won the Six Nations Grand Slam that had eluded them with a 42-6 victory over Ireland at Landsdowne Road. The match was not without controversy with England's perceived snub of the President of Ireland at the pre kick off presentation. After leading the England team onto the field at Landsdowne Road, Johnson refused to reposition the England team thus forcing the Irish President to walk onto the grass to greet both teams. Johnson maintains he was not at fault and had not received special pre-match instructions despite being asked three times to move. The Irish Rugby Football Union apologised to the Irish President on his behalf. The IRFU confirmed its president, Don Crowley, had written to President McAleese to apologise for the "embarrassing position" she was placed in "by the failure of the England team to follow established and communicated protocol" during the presentation of the teams. Officials also wrote to the Rugby Football Union to express "concern and unhappiness" that the situation had arisen. Johnson's behaviour was appropriately described as "pig ignorant" by Irish media personality, Pat Kenny.^{[2][citation needed]} The RBS 6 Nations Championship, (referred to as RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) known before 2000 as the Five Nations Championship, is an annual international rugby union competition held between six European sides: France, England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ... Pat Kenny (born January 29, 1948) is the current presenter of Irelands The Late Late Show, the worlds longest running chat show[1], which is broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann. ...

The 2003 Grand Slam season was followed by a successful warm up tour to New Zealand and Australia. Among the highlights of a successful tour was the 6-man England scrum (with 2 back row forwards in the sin bin), which held off pressure from the All Blacks as Johnson famously told his comrades in the scrum to "get down and shove", when asked about what was going through his head in the scrum he replied "my spine". In England's 25-14 victory over Australia, Johnson also performed at a monumental level, leading the Australian captain, John Eales, to commend his display as 'among the best ever by a lock forward'. They took this into the 2003 World Cup, where they won crucial matches against South Africa, Wales and France, beating Australia in the final to win the cup with an extra time drop goal, with Johnson's captaincy and Wilkinson's playing displays widely acknowledged as the driving forces behind the English triumph. Johnson retired from international rugby in January 2004 but continued to play for Leicester until 2005. The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth rugby union world cup. ...

Under his captaincy (1997 to 2003) the Leicester Tigers won four Zurich Premiership titles and two Heineken Cups. The Guinness Premiership is a professional league competition for rugby union clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. ... The Heineken Cup sponsored by Heineken (known as the H Cup in France due to alcohol advertising laws) is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ...

He was awarded the CBE in the 2004 New Year honours and was second in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards behind Jonny Wilkinson. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... For other uses, see New Year (disambiguation). ... The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals personal bravery, achievement or service to the United Kingdom. ... The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award is given to one sportsman or sportswoman, usually British, every year. ... Jonathan Peter Wilkinson OBE (born 25 May 1979 in Frimley, Surrey) is an English rugby union player and member of the England national team. ...

Johnson's testimonial match and farewell to competitive rugby, held at Twickenham on 4 June 2005 was one of the biggest rugby events of the year. It was historic in another way; the match marked the return of All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu after a recent kidney transplant. Johnson's XV defeated Lomu's 33–29. All proceeds from the match went to children's and cancer charities. A testimonial match, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football (soccer) and especially in England, where a club puts on a match in honor of a player for service to the club. ... Twickenham Stadium (usually known as just Twickenham or Twickers[1]) is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 6 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 All Black redirects here. ... Jonah Tali Lomu, MNZM (born May 12, 1975) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who has played 73 times (63 caps) as an All Black after debuting in 1994. ...

In November 2006 it was rumoured the then England head rugby coach, Andy Robinson, was to be sacked and Johnson was one of many names speculated by the press as his replacement. The Rugby Football Union eventually selected Brian Ashton for the role. First international (also the worlds first)  Scotland 4–1 England  (27 March 1871) Largest win  England 134–0 Romania  (17 November 2001) Worst defeat  Australia 76–0 England  (6 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 6 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 2003 The England national rugby union team represents... Andy Robinson (born 3 April 1964 in Taunton, Somerset) is a former English rugby union footballer who played openside flanker for Bath and England. ... The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the rugby union governing body in England. ... William Brian Ashton MBE (born 3 September 1946 in Leigh, Lancashire) is a former rugby union player and the current Head Coach of the England national rugby union team. ...

A fan of American football, Johnson is a supporter of the San Francisco 49ers and worked as a studio analyst for ITV at Super Bowl XLI on 4 February 2007. He played for the Leicester Panthers Youth and Senior teams before his rugby union days - and on 28 May 2007 he returned to play for his old team in the Matt Hampson Bowl^[3], a charity match against the Loughborough Aces college team, with the proceeds going to the Matt Hampson Trust. The Panthers ran out 20-3 winners. Fans of Janet Jackson, at Much Music in Toronto The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a person, group of persons, work of art, idea, or trend. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... City San Francisco, California Other nicknames Niners, The Red And Gold, Bay Bombers Team colors Cardinal red, metallic gold and black Head Coach Mike Nolan Owner Denise DeBartolo York and John York General manager Lal Heneghan Mascot Sourdough Sam League/Conference affiliations All-America Football Conference (1946-1949) Western Division... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... Date February 4, 2007 Stadium Dolphin Stadium City Miami Gardens, Florida MVP Peyton Manning, Quarterback, Colts Favorite Colts by 6. ... Matt Hampson (born 29 November 1984) is a former English rugby union prop who became quadriplegic after a scrummaging practice accident for England under 21 on 15 March 2005. ...

On 16th April 2008 Johnson was appointed England team manager.

Controversy in Ireland

He was known for his strong leadership and "no-nonsense" approach to the game, as highlighted, at the pre-match session of the Ireland v England game in 2003. Johnson broke protocol by refusing to move to the red carpet parade area, resulting in her having to walk across the uncovered grass to him instead. ^[4] Much media attention was made of this, and the Daily Telegraph hypothesized a scenario of the outcry should a similar snub be made to the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by an Irish captain.^[5]. Johnson never publicly apologised.

External links

• Martin Johnson at the Internet Movie Database
• Leicester Tigers profile
• Sporting Heroes
• Six of the best Martin Johnson performances
• Observer article on Martin Johnson's visit to the San Francisco 49ers
• Pictures of Martin Johnson and his team mates
• Fan page

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