BIG TROUBLE WARNS JOHNSON.ENGLAND .......16 ARGENTINA ..... 9 MARTIN JOHNSON For other people named Martin Johnson, see Martin Johnson (disambiguation) Martin Osborne Johnson CBE (born March 9, 1970) is a former England rugby union player and captain. warned England will be in "big trouble" if they fail to improve before New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. arrive at Twickenham for the final Investec Challenge clash of the autumn next Saturday. England beat Argentina 16-9 on Saturday but there was precious little for the 78,000 crowd to cheer - in fact they booed and jeered - and the only crumb of comfort for a frustrated Johnson was the result. Usually that is all that matters but Johnson knows the battle-hardened All Blacks  The All Blacks are New Zealand's national rugby union team. Rugby union is New Zealand's national sport. will punish England's myriad of mistakes far more ruthlessly than an Argentina side who had only been together for six days. Matt Banahan eventually scored the decisive try with 10 minutes remaining. Johnson said: "If the All Blacks are anything they are consistent in their performance and so we need to be a lot, lot better. "If we make those same mistakes we will be in big trouble. It was a tough game to watch. It was frustrating for all of us." |
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