20yrs since Martin ‘meat head’ Johnson and his goones did this. Ire vs Eng

20yrs since Martin ‘meat head’ Johnson and his goones did this. Ire vs Eng from ireland

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  3. Johnson was such a complete prick! That whole era of English rugby players: Dallaglio, Back, Grewcock and Austin Healey, hated them all like pantomime villains as a teenager 😆

  5. He was interviewed on Off The ball a few years back and talked brilliantly about this.

    We made an arse of things and he was only approached to change things as they were walking out. His attitude was he was captain of a professional team and it’s his job to make sure his team are ready to win the game. It’s not his job to sort out a fuck up like that.

    I was left thinking “yeah fair play, I’d hope to do the same thing”

  8. Can you imagine if the Irish team had done the same thing to Elizabeth, making her walk through the grass. The Daily mail would be calling for blood.

  9. He got in the teams head and they thrashed us that day. It was very effective. Irish team should have either not made an issue out of it and lined up on the other side or should have started a fight

  12. Wst he’d the Scotland game on BBC last week, and he was genuinely upset that Ireland managed to win comfortably despite the injuries and comical refereeing decisions. At half time he was chuffed and genuinely trying to claim Hogg’s feet weren’t off the ground while the camera was showing them off by 18+ inches. By half time he looked like someone had taken a shite in his tea.

    He wasn’t quite on Jeremy Guscott levels, but it was quite satisfying to watch all the same.

  16. I hated him that day but I get it.

    They were told just as they were coming out that it was our “lucky” side or something stupid. They apparently weren’t given any advance notice about it. They were our first and had warmed up on that side so he thought, fuck ya.

    When they were told to move he didn’t want to back down right before a big match.

  20. Absolute cunty behaviour of the highest order, but you have to respect it from a sporting perspective.

  24. It wasn’t that big of a deal. A typical storm in a teacup and the Irish completely exaggerated it. Mary didn’t have to walk on the grass because of where Johnson stood. The Irish team could have just come out and stood on the other side where England should have been. If anything, Ireland caused the issue. Who really gives a shit who she shakes hands with first.

    For anyone who argues that would have been like handing the match to England, they still came out and gave Ireland a roasting because like Ireland now, they were the best team in the world at the time and after four consecutive years of failure, nothing was getting in their way. Not Ireland and not some ceremonial garbage that just wastes time pre-match.

    For those still seething, you got your sweet revenge 20 years to the day. It’s all good.

  28. I maybe get down voted for this but I thought it was brilliant from Johnson. He clearly wanted to get in Irelands head and it worked a fucking treat. Massive shithousery of the highest order

  29. It was very revealing of the underlying attitude of a sort of Brit toward Ireland. Johnson wanted to play mind games and the head of state was to be dismissed. As another poster has said the reaction if Ireland did that to the British Queen would be something else.

    The failure lies with the officials. The match should have been delayed until Johnson followed protocol. If he continued to refuse it should have been called off and awarded to Ireland. Cue the squeals of those who secretly agree with Johnson about the head of state and cue horror when they are called west Brits.

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