‘Winning the World Cup is easier than watching it’

Exclusive: Martin Johnson tells Matt Dickinson that he is already nervous at the thought of England playing for the biggest prize

From the way Martin Johnson is squirming and gurning on the sofa of a London
hotel, he is evidently not joking when he says that he might not bear to
watch England at Twickenham in the World Cup this autumn.

“I’m nervous just
thinking about it,” he grimaces.

Huge, tough, redoubtable Johnno riddled
with tension, unable to watch England matches? “I’ll be due down there but,
honestly, I don’t know whether I want to go in,” he says.

“Bit tense.

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