Johnson: Judge me on results

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The 38-year-old, who led the nation to World Cup glory as captain in 2003, this week embarked on a three-year mission to restore his side to the international game's pinnacle.

Johnson told BBC 5 Live's Sportsweek: "There is no guarantee in anything. You have got to do a job. You are in the most responsible job in English rugby and you have got to produce."

He added: "Sport is about winning and losing and you want to win. There is an expectation on this England team at any time to be successful, and that has only got bigger in the last 20 years since I have been around in the senior game.

"That's a good thing, we should have an expectation to do well and dealing with that as a coach, a manager and a player is a big part of the whole job."

Brian Ashton's fate served as a warning of how quickly things can turn in top level sport, but Johnson insists he had to come with the pressure of having to perform throughout his distinguished playing career.

He said: "When you play, you are picked game by game. As a captain, I didn't have a three-year mandate to be captain.

"If I wasn't playing well, not only would I be dropped for the next game, they might have taken me off during that game.

"I have been out of the game for two years and it has been very nice. But if you want to get back involved, particularly at this level or even in the Premiership, it is pressure, that's what it is about.

"It is about results. People want to see the English team win games, of course we do, we all do."