Martin Johnson insists England are ready for Investec Internationals

24/09/2010

Martin Johnson wants his England team to hit the ground running in the 2010 Investec Internationals.

England take on the southern hemisphere's big three - New Zealand, Australia and South Africa - as well as Samoa during the campaign, which kicks off against the All Blacks on November 6th 2010.

Speaking in a podcast broadcast on the RFU website, Johnson called on his team to set the 21-20 victory over Australia in Sydney earlier this summer as a benchmark for the Investec Internationals.

"We want to go out from minute one with the same intensity we showed in Sydney, even improve the execution from there and improve every game from there on in," the England boss asserted.

Earlier this week, president of Jonny Wilkinson's club side Toulon Mourad Boudjellal insisted that the fly-half is back to his best ahead of the Investec Internationals.

He described Wilko as one of the best outside-halves in history and claimed he is replicating the form he displayed during England's 2003 World Cup win.

Posted by Liz Johnstone