Martin Johnson (rugby union)

For other people named Martin Johnson, see Martin Johnson (disambiguation).

Martin Johnson
Rugby union career

Martin Johnson playing for Leicester
Full name	Martin Osborne Johnson
Date of birth	(1970-03-09) 9 March 1970
Place of birth	Solihull, West Midlands, England
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	18 st 9 lb (119 kg)
Playing career
Position	Lock
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1989–2006 1992	Leicester Tigers Barbarians^[1]	362 1	(90) (0)
correct as of 7 September 2011.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1990 1993–2003 1993, 1997, 2001	New Zeal. U21 England British and Irish Lions	1 84 8	(0) (10) (0)
correct as of 12 December 2007.
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
2008–2011	England

Martin Osborne Johnson CBE (born 9 March 1970) is an English former rugby union player who represented and captained England and Leicester. He is best known for captaining England to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He is regarded as one of the greatest locks ever to have played.^[2] 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 consecutive Heineken Cup victories and won the league six times.

He became the new England team manager on 1 July 2008,^[3] replacing the previous manager Brian Ashton. Despite no coaching experience, he was appointed team manager of the national England rugby union side in April 2008, but left the post in November 2011 following England's disappointing performance and lack of discipline at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Early life

Johnson was born in Shirley, Solihull and lived on Solihull Road where he attended Blossomfield infant school in the West Midlands, the second of three brothers – his younger brother Will is a former back row forward. At the age of seven, his family moved to Market Harborough, Leicestershire, where Martin attended Ridgeway Primary School, Welland Park School and Robert Smyth School.

Early career

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.^[4]

Club career

Martin Johnson and Graham Rowntree.

In late 1990, Johnson returned to England because his New Zealand girlfriend, and later wife, Kay, wanted to travel. He played for Leicester Tigers from 1989 to 2005.

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.

Johnson retired from international rugby in January 2004 but continued to play for Leicester until 2005. With his captaincy (lasting 1997 to 2003) the Leicester Tigers won four Zurich Premiership titles and two Heineken Cups.^[5]^[6]

International career

Johnson had 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. He 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 in two tests. 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 News of the World sting operation. 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. He 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.

In 2002 he was the third England captain after John Pullin and Will Carling to beat Australia, South Africa and New Zealand after beating the All Blacks 31–28.

Lions Tour 1997

Johnson was selected to captain the 1997 British Lions tour of South Africa. The Lions convincingly won the first test at Newlands 25–16 with Neil Jenkins kicking five penalties and Matt Dawson and Alan Tait scoring tries. Despite scoring three tries in the second test at Durban, the Springboks suffered from some woeful goal kicking and failed to land any penalties or conversions, while for the Lions Neil Jenkins once again kicked five penalties to level the scores at 15–15 before Jeremy Guscott dropped a goal for an 18–15 lead for the Lions. The Lions then held off a ferocious South African fightback, Lawrence Dallaglio putting in a magnificent try-saving tackle, to win the match 18–15 and take the series. The third test at Ellis Park proved a match too far for the Lions squad and they lost 35–16. The tour was a triumph for the Lions management of Fran Cotton (manager), Ian McGeechan (head coach), Jim Telfer (assistant coach) and especially the captain Johnson.

Rugby World Cup 2003

The 2003 Grand Slam season was followed by a successful warm up tour to New Zealand and Australia. Among the highlights was England's 15–13 win over the All Blacks, during which the 6-man England scrum (with 2 back row forwards in the sin bin), held off sustained pressure to clinch England's first win over the All Blacks in New Zealand since 1973.^[7] During the match, 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 20–17 victory over Australia, Johnson also performed at a monumental level, leading the former Australian captain, John Eales (who retired in 2001), 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.

Awards

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. 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 as 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.

On 24 October 2011, at the IRB Awards in Auckland, Johnson was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame alongside all other Rugby World Cup-winning captains and head coaches from the tournament's inception in 1987 through 2007 (minus the previously inducted John Eales).^[8]

England Head Coach

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.

Johnson was appointed England team manager in April 2008. England started the 2008 Autumn internationals by beating the Pacific Islands 39–13. That was followed with a loss to Australia, then a 42–6 defeat to South Africa and then another loss this time 32–6 against New Zealand at Twickenham.

England had four wins under Johnson going into 2009; in the 2009 Six Nations Championship they beat Italy 36–11, France 34–10 and Scotland 26–12 but were defeated by Ireland by 14–13 and to Wales by 23–15. They did however come second in the 2009 Six Nations ahead of 2008 Champions Wales and scored the most points and tries in the tournament.

In the 2010 Six Nations England won their first two games against Wales and Italy, losing against Ireland, drawing with Scotland and losing their final game against France, allowing the French to win a Grand Slam.

In 2011, Johnson led a new-look England side to win the 2011 Six Nations title, thanks to wins over Wales, Italy, France and Scotland, though a 24–8 loss to Ireland on the final weekend of the competition denied them the Grand Slam.^[9] He resigned on 16 November 2011 following England's poor performance on and off the field at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.^[10]

International matches as Head Coach

Note: World Rankings Column shows the World Ranking England was placed at on the following Monday after each of their matches

Matches (2008–2011)
Match	Date	Opposition	Venue	Score (Eng.–Opponent)	Competition	Captain	World Rank
2008
1	14 June	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	20–37	New Zealand test series	Steve Borthwick	5th
2	21 June	New Zealand	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	12–44	New Zealand test series	Steve Borthwick	5th
3	8 November	Pacific Islanders	Twickenham, London	39–13	Autumn internationals	Steve Borthwick	4th
4	15 November	Australia	Twickenham, London	14–28			5th
5	22 November	South Africa	Twickenham, London	6–42			5th
6	29 November	New Zealand	Twickenham, London	6–32			6th
2009
7	7 February	Italy	Twickenham, London	36–11	2009 Six Nations	Steve Borthwick	6th
8	14 February	Wales	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	15–23			7th
9	28 February	Ireland	Croke Park, Dublin	13–14			8th
10	15 March	France	Twickenham, London	34–10			7th
11	21 March	Scotland	Twickenham, London	26–12			6th
12	6 June	Argentina	Old Trafford, Manchester	37–15	Argentina test series	Steve Borthwick	5th
13	13 June	Argentina	Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta	22–24	Argentina test series	Steve Borthwick	7th
14	7 November	Australia	Twickenham, London	9–18	Autumn internationals	Steve Borthwick	8th
15	14 November	Argentina	Twickenham, London	16–9			6th
16	21 November	New Zealand	Twickenham, London	6–19			7th
2010
17	6 February	Wales	Twickenham, London	30–17	2010 Six Nations	Steve Borthwick	6th
18	14 February	Italy	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	17–12			6th
19	27 February	Ireland	Twickenham, London	16–20			6th
20	13 March	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	15–15			7th
21	20 March	France	Stade de France, Paris	10–12			7th
22	12 June	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	17–27	Australia test series	Lewis Moody	6th
23	19 June	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney	21–20	Australia test series	Lewis Moody	6th
24	6 November	New Zealand	Twickenham, London	16–26	Autumn internationals	Lewis Moody	5th
25	13 November	Australia	Twickenham, London	35–18		Lewis Moody	4th
26	20 November	Samoa	Twickenham, London	23–13		Nick Easter	4th
27	27 November	South Africa	Twickenham, London	11–21		Lewis Moody	4th
2011
28	4 February	Wales	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	26–19	2011 Six Nations	Mike Tindall	4th
29	12 February	Italy	Twickenham, London	59–13			5th
30	26 February	France	Twickenham, London	17–9			4th
31	13 March	Scotland	Twickenham, London	22–16			4th
32	19 March	Ireland	Croke Park, Dublin	8–24		Nick Easter	5th
33	6 August	Wales	Twickenham, London	23–19	2011 RWC warm-ups	Lewis Moody	4th
34	13 August	Wales	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	9–19		Mike Tindall	5th
35	27 August	Ireland	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	20–9		Mike Tindall	5th
36	10 September	Argentina	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	13–9	2011 Rugby World Cup	Mike Tindall	4th
37	18 September	Georgia	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	41–10		Lewis Moody	4th
38	24 September	Romania	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	67–3			4th
39	1 October	Scotland	Eden Park, Auckland	16–12			4th
40	8 October	France	Eden Park, Auckland	12–19	2011 Rugby World Cup		6th

Record by country

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win ratio (%)	For	Against
Argentina	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7001750000000000000♠75	88	57
Australia	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	7001400000000000000♠40	96	111
France	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7001500000000000000♠50	73	50
Georgia	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7002100000000000000♠1000	41	10
Ireland	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000300000000000000♠3	7001250000000000000♠25	57	67
Italy	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7002100000000000000♠1000	112	36
New Zealand	7000500000000000000♠5	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000500000000000000♠5	05000000000000000000♠0	60	158
Pacific Islanders	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7002100000000000000♠1000	39	13
Romania	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7002100000000000000♠1000	67	3
Samoa	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7002100000000000000♠1000	23	13
Scotland	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7001750000000000000♠75	79	55
South Africa	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	05000000000000000000♠0	17	63
Wales	7000500000000000000♠5	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7001600000000000000♠60	103	97
TOTAL	7001400000000000000♠40	7001210000000000000♠21	7000100000000000000♠1	7001180000000000000♠18	7001530000000000000♠53	855	733

Honours

Six Nations Championship
- Winners: 2011
- Runners-up: 2009
Calcutta Cup
- Winners: 2009, 2010, 2011
Cook Cup
- Winners: 2010

Personal life

Martin Johnson comes from a sporting family. His great-grandfather was a wrestler.^[11]

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, and also for BBC Sport at Super Bowl XLVII.

Honours

As a player

Leicester

Premiership 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02
Heineken Cup 2001, 2002

England

Six Nations 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003
Grand Slam 1995, 2003
Triple Crown 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003
World Cup 2003

Lions

New Zealand tour 1993 as replacement, losing 2–1
South African tour 1997 as captain, winning 2–1
Australia tour 2001 as captain, losing 2–1

As a manager

England

Six Nations 2011

Rugby Union Captain
Preceded by Matt Dawson Lawrence Dallaglio Matt Dawson Neil Back Phil Vickery Jonny Wilkinson Dorian West Phil Vickery	English National Rugby Union Captain November 1998 June–October 1999 June 2000 – April 2001 November 2001 – March 2002 November 2002 – February 2003 March–June 2003 September–October 2003 November 2003	Succeeded by Lawrence Dallaglio Matt Dawson Kyran Bracken Neil Back Jonny Wilkinson Jason Leonard Phil Vickery Lawrence Dallaglio
Preceded by Gavin Hastings himself	British and Irish Lions Captain 1997 2001	Succeeded by himself Brian O'Driscoll
Preceded by John Eales (Australia)	IRB World Cup winning captain 2003	Succeeded by John Smit (South Africa)

British and Irish Lions – 2001 Australia tour

Forwards	Back Bulloch Charvis Corry Dallaglio Davidson Greening Grewcock Hill Johnson (c) Leonard McBryde Morris Murray O'Kelly Quinnell Smith Taylor Wallace West Williams Wood Vickery Young

Backs	Balshaw Catt Cohen Dawson Gibbs Greenwood Healey Henderson Howe Howley James Jenkins Luger Nicol O'Driscoll O'Gara Perry Robinson Taylor Wilkinson

Coach	Henry

British and Irish Lions – 1997 South Africa tour

Forwards	Back Dallaglio Davidson Diprose (Injury replacement) Hill Johnson (c) Leonard Miller Quinnell Redman (Injury replacement) Regan Rodber Rowntree Shaw Smith Wainwright Wallace Weir Williams Wood Young

Backs	Bateman Beal Bentley Bracken (Injury replacement) Catt (Injury replacement) Dawson Evans Healey Howley Jenkins Gibbs Greenwood Guscott Grayson Stimpson Tait Townsend Underwood

Coach	McGeechan & Telfer

British and Irish Lions – 1993 New Zealand tour

Forwards	Bayfield Burnell Clarke Cronin Dooley Galwey Johnson Leonard Milne Moore Popplewell Reed Richards Teague Webster Winterbottom Wright

Backs	Andrew Barnes Carling Clement Cunningham Evans Gibbs Guscott G. Hastings (c) S. Hastings Hunter Jones Morris Nicol R. Underwood T. Underwood Wallace

Coach	McGeechan & Best

England squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Cole Corbisiero Croft Deacon Easter Hartley Haskell Lawes Mears Moody (c) Palmer Shaw Sheridan Stevens Thompson Wilson Wood

Backs	Armitage Ashton Banahan Cueto Foden Flood Hape Tindall Tuilagi Simpson Wigglesworth Wilkinson Youngs

Coach	Johnson

England squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup winners (1st title)

Forwards	Back Corry Dallaglio Hill Grewcock Johnson (c) Kay Leonard Regan Moody Thompson Vickery West White Worsley Woodman Shaw (injury replacement)

Backs	Abbott Balshaw Bracken Catt Cohen Dawson Grayson Gomarsall Greenwood Lewsey Luger Robinson Tindall Wilkinson

Coach	Woodward

England squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Archer Back Cockerill Corry Dallaglio Garforth Greening Hill Johnson (c) Leonard McCarthy Grewcock Rodber Rowntree Ubogu Vickery Worsley

Backs	Beal Bracken Catt Dawson De Glanville Grayson Greenwood Guscott Healey Luger Perry Rees Wilkinson

Coach	Woodward

England squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup Fourth Place

Forwards	Back Bayfield Clarke Dawe Johnson Leonard Mallett Moore Richards Rodber Rowntree Ojomoh Ubogu West

Backs	Andrew Bracken Callard Carling (c) Catt Glanville Guscott Hopley Hunter Morris R. Underwood T. Underwood

Coach	Rowell

English national rugby union team captains

To 1900	1871–1873: Frederick Stokes 1874: Alfred St. George Hamersley 1875: Henry Arnold Lawrence 1875–1876: Francis Luscombe 1877–Mar 1878: Edward Kewley Mar 1878: Murray Wyatt Marshall 1879: Frank Reginald Adams 1880–1881: Lennard Stokes Feb 1882: Charles Gurdon Mar 1882: A. N. Hornby Dec 1882–1885: Edward Temple Gurdon Jan–Feb 1886: Charles John Bruce Marriott Mar 1886: Edward Temple Gurdon 1887: Alan Rotherham 1889: Fred Bonsor Feb 1890: Andrew Stoddart Mar 1890: John Lawrence Hickson Mar 1890: Andrew Stoddart 1891–Jan 1892: Frederic Alderson Feb 1892: Sammy Woods Mar 1892: Frederic Alderson Jan 1893: Andrew Stoddart Feb 1893: Sammy Woods Mar 1893: Andrew Stoddart Jan–Feb 1894: Richard Lockwood Mar 1894: Ernest Taylor 1895: Sammy Woods 1896: Ernest Taylor Mar 1896: Frank Mitchell 1897: Ernest Taylor 1898: J. F. Byrne 1899: Arthur Rotherham

To the First World War	Jan 1900: Richard Cattell 1900: John Daniell Jan 1901: John Taylor Feb–Mar 1901: William Bunting Jan 1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Moxon Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell Jan–Mar 1905: Frank Moxon Stout Dec 1905 - Dec 1906: Vincent Cartwright Jan 1907: Basil Alexander Hill Feb 1907: John Green Mar 1907: Ernest Roberts Jan 1908: Thomas Kelly Jan 1908: John Birkett Feb 1908: Curly Hammond Mar 1908: Lancelot Slocock Jan 1909: George Lyon Jan–Mar 1909: Robert Dibble Jan–Feb 1910: Adrian Stoop Mar 1910: Edgar Mobbs Mar 1910-Feb 1911: John Birkett Mar 1911: Anthony Henniker-Gotley Jan–Mar 1912: Robert Dibble Apr 1912–Mar 1913: Norman Wodehouse 1914: Ronald Poulton

To the Second World War	1920: J. E. Greenwood 1921: Dave Davies Jan 1922: Bruno Brown Feb 1922–1923: Dave Davies 1924–1926: Wavell Wakefield 1927: Leonard Corbett 1928–Feb 1929: Ronald Cove-Smith Mar 1929–Feb 1930: Joe Periton Feb 1930–Jan 1931: Sam Tucker Feb 1931: Peter Howard Mar 1931–Jan 1933: Carl Aarvold Feb–Mar 1933: Tony Novis 1934: Bernard Gadney Jan–Feb 1935: Douglas Kendrew Mar 1935–Mar 1936: Bernard Gadney 1937: Tuppy Owen-Smith Jan–Feb 1938: Peter Cranmer Mar 1938–Mar 1939: Henry Toft

To the Professional Era	Jan–Feb 1947: Joe Mycock Mar–Apr 1947: Jack Heaton Jan 1948: Edward Scott Jan 1948: Tommy Kemp Feb–Mar 1948: Edward Scott Mar 1948: Bob Weighill Jan–Feb 1949: Nim Hall Feb 1949-Mar 1950: Ivor Preece Jan 1951: Vic Roberts Feb–Mar 1951: John Kendall-Carpenter Jan 1952-Mar 1953: Nim Hall 1954: Bob Stirling Jan–Feb 1955: Nim Hall Feb–Mar 1955: Peter Dalton Young Jan 1956–Mar 1958: Eric Evans 1959: Jeffrey Butterfield 1960–1962: Dickie Jeeps Jan–Mar 1963: Richard Sharp May–Jun 1963: Mike Weston Jan–Feb 1964: John Willcox Feb–Mar 1964: Ron Jacobs 1965: David Perry 1966: Budge Rogers Jan 1967: Richard Sharp Feb–Nov 1967: Philip Judd Jan–Feb 1968: Colin McFadyean Feb–Mar 1968: Mike Weston Feb 1969: Dick Greenwood Feb–Apr 1969: Budge Rogers Dec 1969-Mar 1970: Bob Hiller Apr 1970: Bob Taylor Jan 1971: Tony Bucknall Feb 1971: John Spencer Feb 1971: Bob Hiller Mar–Apr 1971: John Spencer Jan–Feb 1972: Bob Hiller Feb–Mar 1972: Peter Dixon Jun 1972–Mar 1974: John Pullin Jan–Feb 1975: Fran Cotton Mar–May 1975: Tony Neary May 1975: John Pullin Jan–Mar 1976: Tony Neary 1977: Roger Uttley 1978: Bill Beaumont Feb 1979: Roger Uttley Feb 1979–Jan 1982: Bill Beaumont Feb 1982–Feb 1983: Steve Smith Mar 1983: John Scott Nov 1983–Mar 1984: Peter Wheeler Jun 1984: John Scott Nov 1984: Nigel Melville 1985: Paul Dodge 1986: Nigel Melville Feb–Mar 1987: Richard Hill Apr 1987–Feb 1988: Mike Harrison Mar 1988: Nigel Melville Apr–Jun 1988: John Orwin Jun 1988: Richard Harding Nov 1988-Mar 1989: Will Carling May 1989: Rob Andrew Nov 1989–May 1995: Will Carling May 1995: Rob Andrew Jun 1995: Will Carling

To the Present Day	Nov 1995-Mar 1996: Will Carling Nov 1996: Phil de Glanville Dec 1996: Jason Leonard Feb–Jul 1997: Phil de Glanville Nov 1997–Apr 1998: Lawrence Dallaglio Jun 1998: Tony Diprose Jun–Jul 1998: Matt Dawson Nov 1998: Martin Johnson Nov 1998–Apr 1999: Lawrence Dallaglio Jun–Oct 1999: Martin Johnson Feb–Apr 2000: Matt Dawson Jun 2000–Apr 2001: Martin Johnson Jun 2001: Kyran Bracken Oct 2001: Matt Dawson Nov 2001: Neil Back Nov 2001–Mar 2002: Martin Johnson Mar–Apr 2002: Neil Back Jun 2002: Phil Vickery Nov 2002–Feb 2003: Martin Johnson Mar 2003: Jonny Wilkinson Mar–Jun 2003: Martin Johnson Aug 2003: Jason Leonard Aug 2003: Dorian West Sep–Oct 2003: Martin Johnson Nov 2003: Phil Vickery Nov 2003: Martin Johnson Feb–Jun 2004: Lawrence Dallaglio Nov 2004-Feb 2005: Jason Robinson Mar 2005-Mar 2006: Martin Corry Jun 2006: Pat Sanderson Nov 2006: Martin Corry Feb 2007: Phil Vickery Mar 2007: Mike Catt May 2007: Jason Robinson Jun 2007: Jonny Wilkinson Aug 2007: Phil Vickery Aug 2007: Mike Catt Aug–Sep 2007: Phil Vickery Sep 2007: Martin Corry Oct 2007–Feb 2008: Phil Vickery Feb 2008: Steve Borthwick Feb-Mar 2008: Phil Vickery Jun 2008–Mar 2010: Steve Borthwick Mar 2010–Nov 2010: Lewis Moody Nov 2010: Nick Easter Nov 2010: Lewis Moody Feb 2011: Mike Tindall Aug 2011: Lewis Moody Aug 2011–Sep 2011: Mike Tindall Sep 2011: Lewis Moody^[n1] Sep 2011: Simon Shaw^[n1] Oct 2011: Lewis Moody Feb–Jun 2012: Chris Robshaw Jun 2012: Dylan Hartley Nov 2012–Mar 2013: Chris Robshaw Jun 2013: Tom Wood Nov 2013–Oct 2015: Chris Robshaw Feb 2016– : Dylan Hartley

^[n1] Lewis Moody was substituted in the England vs Georgia match on 18 September 2011, and Simon Shaw was confirmed as captain for the remainder of the match.

British and Irish Lions team captains

To 1910	Apr-Aug 1888: Robert Seddon ^{Note 1} Aug-Oct 1888: Andrew Stoddart ^{Note 1} 1891: Bill Maclagan 1896: Johnny Hammond Jun 1899: Matthew Mullineux ^{Note 2} Jun-Aug 1899: Frank Stout ^{Note 2} 1903: Mark Morrison Jun-Jul 1904: David Bedell-Sivright^{Note 3} Jul-Aug 1904: Teddy Morgan^{Note 3} 1908: Boxer Harding 1910: John Raphael^{Note 4}

To present	Jun-Jul1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} Aug 1910: Jack Jones^{Note 5} Aug-Sep1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} 1924: Ronald Cove-Smith 1927: David MacMyn 1930: Doug Prentice 1936: Bernard Gadney 1938: Sam Walker 1950: Karl Mullen 1955: Robin Thompson 1959: Ronnie Dawson 1962: Arthur Smith 1966: Mike Campbell-Lamerton 1968: Tom Kiernan 1971: John Dawes 1974: Willie John McBride 1977: Phil Bennett 1980: Bill Beaumont 1983: Ciaran Fitzgerald 1986: Colin Deans 1989: Finlay Calder 1989: Rob Andrew 1993: Gavin Hastings 1997: Martin Johnson 2001: Martin Johnson May-Jun 2005: Brian O'Driscoll^{Note 6} May 2005: Michael Owen^{Note 6} Jun 2005: Martin Corry^{Note 6} Jul 2005: Gareth Thomas^{Note 6} 2009: Paul O'Connell 2013: Sam Warburton

Notes	Note 1: Robert Seddon died on tour after a boating accident, Andrew Stoddart, became captain for the remainder of the tour. Note 2: Matthew Mullineux decided that after losing the first test that he should withdraw from further test matches, handing on field captaincy to Frank Stout, but remained tour captain. Note 3: David Bedell-Sivright was injured during the first test. Teddy Morgan took over captaincy on the field but Bedell-Sivright remained tour captain. Note 4: The team that John Raphael captained was not selected by the four Home Nations governing body, but had been organised by Oxford University and billed as the English Rugby Union team. However, it was denoted as the Combined British team by its Argentine hosts because it also included three Scots. Note 5: Jack Jones captained the first test only, but Tommy Smyth remained the tour captain. Note 6: Michael Owen captained the Lions in the first tour game, the test vs. Argentina in Cardiff. Brian O'Driscoll was injured at the beginning of the first test. Martin Corry and Gareth Thomas took over captaincy on the field but O'Driscoll remained tour captain.

Notes

↑ Barbarians profile
↑ Team of the Pro Era Planet Rugby 5 October 2009
↑ Johnson named as England supremo BBC Sport, 16 April 2008
↑ http://www.smh.com.au/sport/the-fitz-files/ka-mate-ka-mate-come-on-johnno-youre-no-kiwi-20110527-1f88x.html
↑ "European glory seals Leicester treble". BBC. 19 May 2001. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
↑ "Tigers retain European Cup". BBC. 25 May 2002. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
↑ England down All Blacks
↑ "RWC legends inducted into IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
↑ Standley, James (18 March 2011). "2011 Six Nations: Ireland 24–8 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ Martin Johnson resigns from role as England manager
↑ Johnson a giant oak right down to his roots

External links

England squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Cole Corbisiero Croft Deacon Easter Hartley Haskell Lawes Mears Moody (c) Palmer Shaw Sheridan Stevens Thompson Wilson Wood

Backs	Armitage Ashton Banahan Cueto Foden Flood Hape Tindall Tuilagi Simpson Wigglesworth Wilkinson Youngs

Coach	Johnson

England squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup winners (1st title)

Forwards	Back Corry Dallaglio Hill Grewcock Johnson (c) Kay Leonard Regan Moody Thompson Vickery West White Worsley Woodman Shaw (injury replacement)

Backs	Abbott Balshaw Bracken Catt Cohen Dawson Grayson Gomarsall Greenwood Lewsey Luger Robinson Tindall Wilkinson

Coach	Woodward

British and Irish Lions – 2001 Australia tour

Forwards	Back Bulloch Charvis Corry Dallaglio Davidson Greening Grewcock Hill Johnson (c) Leonard McBryde Morris Murray O'Kelly Quinnell Smith Taylor Wallace West Williams Wood Vickery Young

Backs	Balshaw Catt Cohen Dawson Gibbs Greenwood Healey Henderson Howe Howley James Jenkins Luger Nicol O'Driscoll O'Gara Perry Robinson Taylor Wilkinson

Coach	Henry

England squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Archer Back Cockerill Corry Dallaglio Garforth Greening Hill Johnson (c) Leonard McCarthy Grewcock Rodber Rowntree Ubogu Vickery Worsley

Backs	Beal Bracken Catt Dawson De Glanville Grayson Greenwood Guscott Healey Luger Perry Rees Wilkinson

Coach	Woodward

British and Irish Lions – 1997 South Africa tour

Forwards	Back Dallaglio Davidson Diprose (Injury replacement) Hill Johnson (c) Leonard Miller Quinnell Redman (Injury replacement) Regan Rodber Rowntree Shaw Smith Wainwright Wallace Weir Williams Wood Young

Backs	Bateman Beal Bentley Bracken (Injury replacement) Catt (Injury replacement) Dawson Evans Healey Howley Jenkins Gibbs Greenwood Guscott Grayson Stimpson Tait Townsend Underwood

Coach	McGeechan & Telfer

England squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup Fourth Place

Forwards	Back Bayfield Clarke Dawe Johnson Leonard Mallett Moore Richards Rodber Rowntree Ojomoh Ubogu West

Backs	Andrew Bracken Callard Carling (c) Catt Glanville Guscott Hopley Hunter Morris R. Underwood T. Underwood

Coach	Rowell

British and Irish Lions – 1993 New Zealand tour

Forwards	Bayfield Burnell Clarke Cronin Dooley Galwey Johnson Leonard Milne Moore Popplewell Reed Richards Teague Webster Winterbottom Wright

Backs	Andrew Barnes Carling Clement Cunningham Evans Gibbs Guscott G. Hastings (c) S. Hastings Hunter Jones Morris Nicol R. Underwood T. Underwood Wallace

Coach	McGeechan & Best

English national rugby union team captains

To 1900	1871–1873: Frederick Stokes 1874: Alfred St. George Hamersley 1875: Henry Arnold Lawrence 1875–1876: Francis Luscombe 1877–Mar 1878: Edward Kewley Mar 1878: Murray Wyatt Marshall 1879: Frank Reginald Adams 1880–1881: Lennard Stokes Feb 1882: Charles Gurdon Mar 1882: A. N. Hornby Dec 1882–1885: Edward Temple Gurdon Jan–Feb 1886: Charles John Bruce Marriott Mar 1886: Edward Temple Gurdon 1887: Alan Rotherham 1889: Fred Bonsor Feb 1890: Andrew Stoddart Mar 1890: John Lawrence Hickson Mar 1890: Andrew Stoddart 1891–Jan 1892: Frederic Alderson Feb 1892: Sammy Woods Mar 1892: Frederic Alderson Jan 1893: Andrew Stoddart Feb 1893: Sammy Woods Mar 1893: Andrew Stoddart Jan–Feb 1894: Richard Lockwood Mar 1894: Ernest Taylor 1895: Sammy Woods 1896: Ernest Taylor Mar 1896: Frank Mitchell 1897: Ernest Taylor 1898: J. F. Byrne 1899: Arthur Rotherham

To the First World War	Jan 1900: Richard Cattell 1900: John Daniell Jan 1901: John Taylor Feb–Mar 1901: William Bunting Jan 1902: Harry Alexander Feb–Mar 1902: John Daniell Jan–Feb 1903: Bernard Oughtred Mar 1903: Toggie Kendall Jan 1904: Frank Moxon Stout Feb–Mar 1904: John Daniell Jan–Mar 1905: Frank Moxon Stout Dec 1905 - Dec 1906: Vincent Cartwright Jan 1907: Basil Alexander Hill Feb 1907: John Green Mar 1907: Ernest Roberts Jan 1908: Thomas Kelly Jan 1908: John Birkett Feb 1908: Curly Hammond Mar 1908: Lancelot Slocock Jan 1909: George Lyon Jan–Mar 1909: Robert Dibble Jan–Feb 1910: Adrian Stoop Mar 1910: Edgar Mobbs Mar 1910-Feb 1911: John Birkett Mar 1911: Anthony Henniker-Gotley Jan–Mar 1912: Robert Dibble Apr 1912–Mar 1913: Norman Wodehouse 1914: Ronald Poulton

To the Second World War	1920: J. E. Greenwood 1921: Dave Davies Jan 1922: Bruno Brown Feb 1922–1923: Dave Davies 1924–1926: Wavell Wakefield 1927: Leonard Corbett 1928–Feb 1929: Ronald Cove-Smith Mar 1929–Feb 1930: Joe Periton Feb 1930–Jan 1931: Sam Tucker Feb 1931: Peter Howard Mar 1931–Jan 1933: Carl Aarvold Feb–Mar 1933: Tony Novis 1934: Bernard Gadney Jan–Feb 1935: Douglas Kendrew Mar 1935–Mar 1936: Bernard Gadney 1937: Tuppy Owen-Smith Jan–Feb 1938: Peter Cranmer Mar 1938–Mar 1939: Henry Toft

To the Professional Era	Jan–Feb 1947: Joe Mycock Mar–Apr 1947: Jack Heaton Jan 1948: Edward Scott Jan 1948: Tommy Kemp Feb–Mar 1948: Edward Scott Mar 1948: Bob Weighill Jan–Feb 1949: Nim Hall Feb 1949-Mar 1950: Ivor Preece Jan 1951: Vic Roberts Feb–Mar 1951: John Kendall-Carpenter Jan 1952-Mar 1953: Nim Hall 1954: Bob Stirling Jan–Feb 1955: Nim Hall Feb–Mar 1955: Peter Dalton Young Jan 1956–Mar 1958: Eric Evans 1959: Jeffrey Butterfield 1960–1962: Dickie Jeeps Jan–Mar 1963: Richard Sharp May–Jun 1963: Mike Weston Jan–Feb 1964: John Willcox Feb–Mar 1964: Ron Jacobs 1965: David Perry 1966: Budge Rogers Jan 1967: Richard Sharp Feb–Nov 1967: Philip Judd Jan–Feb 1968: Colin McFadyean Feb–Mar 1968: Mike Weston Feb 1969: Dick Greenwood Feb–Apr 1969: Budge Rogers Dec 1969-Mar 1970: Bob Hiller Apr 1970: Bob Taylor Jan 1971: Tony Bucknall Feb 1971: John Spencer Feb 1971: Bob Hiller Mar–Apr 1971: John Spencer Jan–Feb 1972: Bob Hiller Feb–Mar 1972: Peter Dixon Jun 1972–Mar 1974: John Pullin Jan–Feb 1975: Fran Cotton Mar–May 1975: Tony Neary May 1975: John Pullin Jan–Mar 1976: Tony Neary 1977: Roger Uttley 1978: Bill Beaumont Feb 1979: Roger Uttley Feb 1979–Jan 1982: Bill Beaumont Feb 1982–Feb 1983: Steve Smith Mar 1983: John Scott Nov 1983–Mar 1984: Peter Wheeler Jun 1984: John Scott Nov 1984: Nigel Melville 1985: Paul Dodge 1986: Nigel Melville Feb–Mar 1987: Richard Hill Apr 1987–Feb 1988: Mike Harrison Mar 1988: Nigel Melville Apr–Jun 1988: John Orwin Jun 1988: Richard Harding Nov 1988-Mar 1989: Will Carling May 1989: Rob Andrew Nov 1989–May 1995: Will Carling May 1995: Rob Andrew Jun 1995: Will Carling

To the Present Day	Nov 1995-Mar 1996: Will Carling Nov 1996: Phil de Glanville Dec 1996: Jason Leonard Feb–Jul 1997: Phil de Glanville Nov 1997–Apr 1998: Lawrence Dallaglio Jun 1998: Tony Diprose Jun–Jul 1998: Matt Dawson Nov 1998: Martin Johnson Nov 1998–Apr 1999: Lawrence Dallaglio Jun–Oct 1999: Martin Johnson Feb–Apr 2000: Matt Dawson Jun 2000–Apr 2001: Martin Johnson Jun 2001: Kyran Bracken Oct 2001: Matt Dawson Nov 2001: Neil Back Nov 2001–Mar 2002: Martin Johnson Mar–Apr 2002: Neil Back Jun 2002: Phil Vickery Nov 2002–Feb 2003: Martin Johnson Mar 2003: Jonny Wilkinson Mar–Jun 2003: Martin Johnson Aug 2003: Jason Leonard Aug 2003: Dorian West Sep–Oct 2003: Martin Johnson Nov 2003: Phil Vickery Nov 2003: Martin Johnson Feb–Jun 2004: Lawrence Dallaglio Nov 2004-Feb 2005: Jason Robinson Mar 2005-Mar 2006: Martin Corry Jun 2006: Pat Sanderson Nov 2006: Martin Corry Feb 2007: Phil Vickery Mar 2007: Mike Catt May 2007: Jason Robinson Jun 2007: Jonny Wilkinson Aug 2007: Phil Vickery Aug 2007: Mike Catt Aug–Sep 2007: Phil Vickery Sep 2007: Martin Corry Oct 2007–Feb 2008: Phil Vickery Feb 2008: Steve Borthwick Feb-Mar 2008: Phil Vickery Jun 2008–Mar 2010: Steve Borthwick Mar 2010–Nov 2010: Lewis Moody Nov 2010: Nick Easter Nov 2010: Lewis Moody Feb 2011: Mike Tindall Aug 2011: Lewis Moody Aug 2011–Sep 2011: Mike Tindall Sep 2011: Lewis Moody^[n1] Sep 2011: Simon Shaw^[n1] Oct 2011: Lewis Moody Feb–Jun 2012: Chris Robshaw Jun 2012: Dylan Hartley Nov 2012–Mar 2013: Chris Robshaw Jun 2013: Tom Wood Nov 2013–Oct 2015: Chris Robshaw Feb 2016– : Dylan Hartley

^[n1] Lewis Moody was substituted in the England vs Georgia match on 18 September 2011, and Simon Shaw was confirmed as captain for the remainder of the match.

British and Irish Lions team captains

To 1910	Apr-Aug 1888: Robert Seddon ^{Note 1} Aug-Oct 1888: Andrew Stoddart ^{Note 1} 1891: Bill Maclagan 1896: Johnny Hammond Jun 1899: Matthew Mullineux ^{Note 2} Jun-Aug 1899: Frank Stout ^{Note 2} 1903: Mark Morrison Jun-Jul 1904: David Bedell-Sivright^{Note 3} Jul-Aug 1904: Teddy Morgan^{Note 3} 1908: Boxer Harding 1910: John Raphael^{Note 4}

To present	Jun-Jul1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} Aug 1910: Jack Jones^{Note 5} Aug-Sep1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} 1924: Ronald Cove-Smith 1927: David MacMyn 1930: Doug Prentice 1936: Bernard Gadney 1938: Sam Walker 1950: Karl Mullen 1955: Robin Thompson 1959: Ronnie Dawson 1962: Arthur Smith 1966: Mike Campbell-Lamerton 1968: Tom Kiernan 1971: John Dawes 1974: Willie John McBride 1977: Phil Bennett 1980: Bill Beaumont 1983: Ciaran Fitzgerald 1986: Colin Deans 1989: Finlay Calder 1989: Rob Andrew 1993: Gavin Hastings 1997: Martin Johnson 2001: Martin Johnson May-Jun 2005: Brian O'Driscoll^{Note 6} May 2005: Michael Owen^{Note 6} Jun 2005: Martin Corry^{Note 6} Jul 2005: Gareth Thomas^{Note 6} 2009: Paul O'Connell 2013: Sam Warburton

Notes	Note 1: Robert Seddon died on tour after a boating accident, Andrew Stoddart, became captain for the remainder of the tour. Note 2: Matthew Mullineux decided that after losing the first test that he should withdraw from further test matches, handing on field captaincy to Frank Stout, but remained tour captain. Note 3: David Bedell-Sivright was injured during the first test. Teddy Morgan took over captaincy on the field but Bedell-Sivright remained tour captain. Note 4: The team that John Raphael captained was not selected by the four Home Nations governing body, but had been organised by Oxford University and billed as the English Rugby Union team. However, it was denoted as the Combined British team by its Argentine hosts because it also included three Scots. Note 5: Jack Jones captained the first test only, but Tommy Smyth remained the tour captain. Note 6: Michael Owen captained the Lions in the first tour game, the test vs. Argentina in Cardiff. Brian O'Driscoll was injured at the beginning of the first test. Martin Corry and Gareth Thomas took over captaincy on the field but O'Driscoll remained tour captain.

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