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| Rugby star Martin Johnson given driving ban | Rugby star Martin Johnson given driving ban |
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| England rugby star Martin Johnson has been banned from driving after being caught speeding at more than 100mph. | England rugby star Martin Johnson has been banned from driving after being caught speeding at more than 100mph. |
| The former British and Irish Lions and England captain, who was stopped on the M5 at Puriton in Somerset in August, was handed a 49-day disqualification. | |
| Taunton Magistrates Court heard the 43-year-old from Mowsley in Leicestershire was recorded driving at 103mph. He admitted a charge of speeding. | Taunton Magistrates Court heard the 43-year-old from Mowsley in Leicestershire was recorded driving at 103mph. He admitted a charge of speeding. |
| As well as the disqualification, he was fined £800 and told to pay £115 costs. | As well as the disqualification, he was fined £800 and told to pay £115 costs. |
| Johnson announced his retirement from a stellar playing career in 2005. | |
| It came two years after he captained England, for whom he played a total of 84 times over 10 years, to World Cup glory in 2003. | |
| The same year he was given a CBE - one medal below a knighthood - in the New Year Honours list. | |
| Johnson also led England to a Six Nations Grand Slam and is the only man to have captained the British and Irish Lions twice. | |
| He was skipper of Leicester Tigers, making 307 appearances, leading them to back-to-back Heineken Cup titles in 2001 and 2002 and five English Premiership crowns, including four in a row between 1998-99 and 2001-02. | |
| He took charge of the England team in 2008 and managed them up to and including a disappointing World Cup in New Zealand in 2011. |