MARTIN JOHNSON WILL confirm his resignation as England team manager later this afternoon, the BBC reports.
Johnson’s decision to step down comes just five weeks after England’s disastrous Rugby World Cup ended with defeat to France in the quarter-finals.
As a player, Johnson captained England to a famous World Cup victory in Australia in 2003 and was seen as the standout candidate to replace Brian Ashton as team manager in 2008.
Earlier this year, the former international lock oversaw England’s 26th Six Nations title though he and his players were cruelly denied a Grand Slam in their final game by Ireland.
Tipped as the Northern Hemisphere’s top prospect for the 2011 World Cup, England’s campaign was overshadowed by poor on-field performances and “unacceptable” off-field behaviour, prompting the RFU to launch an investigation into what went wrong.
Johnson and the RFU’s elite rugby director Rob Andrew are expected to hold a press briefing later this afternoon.
More to follow.
An absolutely unbelievable player but a complete lunatic.
He only seems to bite when he wants a transfer .Cant envisage him wanting to bite his way out of Barcelona !
Some of the best sportsmen are a bit loco. No harm in that
Let’s see if he’s hungry for more.
For a third time he should have got longer
It’s ok rigbsy you don’t have to hate him anymore he doesn’t play for Liverpool.let it go
No he’s plays for my team but that doesn’t excuse what he’s done in the past.
Rigsby. A classic Catalan name
Course he does rigsby course he does
Nothing to do with my name Gary , I spent several years working in Spain, in particular Barcelona
Your names hardly Manuel is it?
Just like yours isn’t Alan ! I’m well aware of your child nonsense. So why not cop on and grow up a bit
I’m from Barcelona I know nothing
Well your right about knowing nothing neeneee !!
Rigsby pay no attention to the resident 42 clown that is Alan b/neeneee.
I don’t Barlow
You do realise you’re talking to yourself there Barlow/rigby
Hope he does something so mental that barca want rid of him and he comes back to Liverpool.a man can dream