Ability-wise, there’s little difference between today's squad and 2003 Rugby World Cup winners, so thinks England Manager Martin Johnson. He talks to David Walsh in the Sunday Times.
"Though not yet on the field, Martin Johnson is winning. The proof comes on the page of questions that lies on a table between us at the RFU’s Rugby House in Twickenham: 22 but not one that deals specifically with Danny Cipriani. It is how Johnson would have written them.
"More than a year has passed since Johnson was announced as England manager. There was the usual fanfare, banging out the old tune about the iconic player arriving to save the country. Despite getting to the 2007 World Cup final, the team were a mess. England had been twice hammered by the All Blacks in summer Tests.
"Since coming to the throne, Johnson’s journey with the team has been painstaking; slow, methodical, unspectacular but still giving the impression that he is leading us to a better place."
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