20.02.2009

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The hapless Mauro Bergamasco is not even moved to the back row and will watch the rest of the match from the bench.

Most of the sides produced promising performances in the autumn which means that the Six Nations is again going to confirm itself as the best rugby tournament in the world."

The humbling defeats against Australia, South Africa and New Zealand in the autumn are still fresh in the memory and Johnson, if he didn't realise before, knows he has a big task to get the English chariot back on track.

Brive fly-half Andy Goode, who is the leading points scorer in the French Top 14 this season, takes the number 10 shirt in the absence of Toby Flood, Jonny Wilkinson and the out-of-favour Danny Cipriani.



Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7876457.stm