Martin Johnson (rugby player)
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| Player information | ||
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| Full name | Martin Osborne Johnson | |
| birthday | March 9, 1970 | |
| place of birth | Solihull , England | |
| Nickname | Johnno | |
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| society | Career ended | |
| position | Second row striker | |
| Clubs as active | ||
| Years | society | Games (points) |
| 1989-2005 | Leicester Tigers | 307 (40) |
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| Years | National team | Games (points) |
| 1993-2003 | England | 84 (10) |
| 1993, 1997, 2001 | British and Irish Lions | 8 (0) |
| Coaching stations | ||
| Years | Association / Province / Franchise | |
| 2008– | England | |
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As of April 17, 2008 |
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Martin Osborne Johnson CBE (born March 9, 1970 in Solihull ) is a former English rugby union player and current England national coach. He was the captain of the England national team and the British and Irish Lions . He also played for the Leicester Tigers club . The greatest success of his career was the 2003 World Championship title .
Player career
Johnson's career began in 1989 when he joined the Leicester Tigers . He made his debut with the England national team in 1993 when he replaced the injured Wade Dooley . It was planned, however, that his first appearance in another game should follow, as he had hardly any training experience with his teammates. Unexpectedly he played against France and showed an outstanding performance in the 16:15 victory for the English. In the same year he was also nominated for the British and Irish Lions Tour and came on two appearances as a substitute. In 1995 he won the Six Nations Grand Slam with England .
With the end of Dean Richards' career , Johnson was named captain of his club in 1997. That year Leicester won the Pilkington Cup and made it to the final of the Heineken Cup . Although he was not yet captain of the national team, he was allowed to take on that role on the Lions tour to South Africa when they surprisingly won two of the three games. In 1999, Johnson was named captain of the England national team under coach Clive Woodward, inheriting Lawrence Dallaglio . He was captain again on the Lions' next tour, making him the only player to have been the captain of the British and Irish Lions twice.
2003 was the most successful year in Martin Johnson's career. First, England again won the Grand Slam at the Six Nations, including a 42: 6 against Ireland in the Lansdowne Road stadium . Usually the President of Ireland, in this case Mary McAleese , walks down a red carpet and greets the players from both sides. Martin Johnson protested that he had no knowledge of this and, despite various tips from the organizers, left his teammates on their side of the field, so that McAleese had to run across the lawn to get to the English players. From the Irish side, as a result of this incident, there was much criticism of Johnson and his behavior, which was described as ignorant.
The Grand Slam win in the spring was followed by a successful tour to New Zealand and Australia , during which the English were able to provide one or the other surprise. This included, among other things, that during a game against the All Blacks two players sat in the penalty box and were absent from the crowd . Despite this clearly outnumbered, the English scrum managed by Martin Johnson to hold against it. The highlight of the year, however, followed at the World Championships when England won the title. In addition to Jonny Wilkinson , who hit the decisive jump kick, Martin Johnson was also repeatedly mentioned as an important pillar of the team.
In January 2004 he announced the end of his national team career, but played for his hometown club from Leicester until 2005. With Johnson as captain, the Tigers won the Zurich Premiership four times and the Heineken Cup twice. In 2004 he was promoted to CBE . His last game followed on June 4, 2005 at Twickenham Stadium when a team he chose met a team from Jonah Lomu . This was also Lomus comeback, who previously had to undergo a kidney transplant and had dropped out of active rugby.
Coaching career
In November 2006 there were rumors for the first time that Johnson would take over as coach of the English national team. Andy Robinson resigned from office at this time, but the English Association decided on Brian Ashton as his successor. After mixed performance under Ashton, he was released on April 16. Martin Johnson was chosen as his successor. He has a contract until the end of 2011. The first tournament under his direction was the Six Nations 2009 , in which England came second.
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- ^ One Irishman's view of the English victory. Daily Telegraph, November 22, 2003, accessed March 21, 2009 .
- ^ Johnson named as England supremo. BBC, April 16, 2008, accessed March 21, 2009 .
See also
Web links
- National team statistics
- Profile at the Leicester Tigers
- Profile at Sporting Heroes
- Martin Johnson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Career highlights at BBC Sport
- Fanpage at MySpace
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Johnson, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johnson, Martin Osborne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English rugby player and coach of the England national team |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Solihull , England |