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Johnson expects Murrayfield fireworksJohnson expects Murrayfield fireworks

Author:  Ben Moss
Posted on:12 March 2010 - 03:10 PM
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England team manager Martin Johnson has urged his players to front up to the challenge of taking on Scotland in the cauldron of Murrayfield this weekend.

Johnson's side will be hoping to make up for the disappointment of a 20-16 home defeat to Ireland two weeks ago, but the former World Cup-winning captain is expecting a tough test.

He told reporters: "We only had ourselves to blame for the defeat to Ireland. To say we have to improve sounds insignificant, we have to find a way of winning Test matches.

"You don't like to lose but that is part of the team's experience now. We will be better for the Ireland game. To sit in a losing dressing room after a Test match is not what you do it for, is it?

"It will be a tough Saturday evening if we lose up there. A team needs to have that conscience and that response and think 'right, we are not going to be sat there again'.

"The mindset has to be right. We are going away from home. You have got to enjoy that challenge in playing in volatile situations because that is what you get into it for.

"Going away from home and trying to silence hostile crowds is what it is all about. It is like any away ground, the opposition will raise themselves.

"A lot of rugby is about energy, urgency, passion and emotion and we can't come second in that area. Then it comes down to execution and tactical thinking."



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