Huge pressure as RWC hosts - Johnson
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Martin Johnson says dealing with the pressure of being the host nation will be key to England's prospects at next year's Rugby World Cup.
Johnson, captain when
England won the event in 2003,
says they failed to cope in 1999 when four of their five matches were played at Twickenham.
"In 1999 it became too big in our heads.
If you make that mistake, that's the World Cup final gone," he said.
England face Fiji in the opening match of the 2015 tournament next September.
Wales and Australia are in the same group,
which Johnson describes "as tough a …
Johnson, captain when
England won the event in 2003,
says they failed to cope in 1999 when four of their five matches were played at Twickenham.
"In 1999 it became too big in our heads.
If you make that mistake, that's the World Cup final gone," he said.
England face Fiji in the opening match of the 2015 tournament next September.
Wales and Australia are in the same group,
which Johnson describes "as tough a …
