Martin Osbourne Johnson CBE (born 9 March 1970) represented and Captained Leicester, England and the British Lions in a career spanning 16 seasons.
He is best known for captaining England to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup and is regarded as one of the greatest players ever to have played the game.
In July 2008 he became the England team manager. Under his management England won the 2011 Six Nations Championship, their first since 2003.
Martin was awarded the OBE in 1997 following his success in captaining the victorious 1997 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa.After the 2003 Rugby World Cup victory he was awarded the CBE and was second in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award behind Jonny Wilkinson.