Martin Johnson - Biography and Images

HomeBiography and ImagesMartin Johnson
Martin Johnson

Martin Osborne Johnson CBE – born 9 March 1970 – is an English retired rugby union player.

He represented and captained England and Leicester in a career spanning 16 seasons.

He captained England to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, and is regarded as one of the greatest locks ever to have played, and one of England’s greatest ever players.

On 1 July 2008 he became the England team manager. Under his management England won the 2011 Six Nations Championship, their first since 2003.

He left the post in November 2011 following England’s quarter final defeat at the 2011 Rugby World Cup and has not taken another management position in the game since.

Images of Martin Johnson
Ugo Monye

Ugochukwu Chiedozie Monye – born 13 April 1983 – is a sports pundit and former rugby union player. He played 14 times for England, 241 times for his only club Harlequins and played twice for the British & Irish Lions...

Jonathan Davies

Jonathan Davies, OBE – born 24 October 1962 – is a Welsh former rugby player who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He represented Wales in both rugby union and rugby league. A goal-kicking backline player, he played his club...

Andy Nicol

Andrew Douglas Nicol – born 12 March 1971 – is a former Scotland international rugby union player. A scrum-half, Nicol won 23 caps for Scotland and had brief spells as a replacement on two British & Irish Lions tours. He...