Martin Johnson has made mistakes but England's troubles in New Zealand are a small part of a much bigger problem, writes Paul Hayward in The Guardian.
"In Twickenham's mess we see a wider British corporate dysfunction - in which plausibly ambitious men award themselves job titles such as operations or performance director while the firm ceases to operate properly and infuriates its customers.
"If the Rugby Football Union were an energy company you would listen to Mozart down the line for half an hour while waiting to speak to an employee. It would be in permanent 'structural review' or 'reporting back' to its management board. Each failure would bring the creation of a new bureaucratic tier and people would be invited to reapply for their own jobs.
"This was Martin Johnson's lot this week after a group of players he trusted (and indulged) at the World Cup let him down on and off the pitch. In the RFU's management comedy, the greatest England captain was issued with a 14-day ultimatum to say whether he wanted to keep a position that will probably be taken off him either way."
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