Martin Johnson Not Complacent After Aussie Win

Martin Johnson has revealed that despite England's win over Australia at the weekend he, and his team, are fully focused on their clash with Samoa.

England stormed to a 35-18 victory over Australia, putting in a very strong performance, but Johnson says that they are not going to be complacent going into their clash with Samoa.

Speaking to The Telegraph the England team manger said: "It's about picking the best team to play this week against Samoa.

"They are a very dangerous side and could have won that game against Ireland at the weekend. They have got our full attention this week for this game."

And Johnson has made some changes to his line-up as Lewis Moody is rested, Nick Easter will take over the armband.

Matt Banaham has been given the nod over Delon Armitage to replace Mike Tindall while Hendre Fourie will make his first start.

"We have to keep the continuity going. One of the benefits is that we have had the same team for four or five games and you have seen the rewards of that.

"We want to keep going. Samoa is a real, real danger this weekend and we are going to have to be very good.

"The performance (against Australia) didn't come out of the clouds, it was a build-up of what we've been doing for a while.

"We had a good day, we could have scored more tries and they could have scored more tries. But it’s nice as a coach not to be talking about ‘if onlys’ after a game."

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw