Despite the growing number of people singling out Martin Johnson as the next England coach, the man himself says he is not ready for the job.

"If I ever got involved as manager of England then I'd want to do it with a bit of experience behind me," he said.

"This is not the right time for me. If Rob (Andrew) were to call me now then I'd tell him the same thing."

"There's a perception that I'll turn up and everything will be all right."

"When things are going badly for England the coaches will not tell the players anything different to what I'd tell them."

"People are assuming I could walk back in - but it doesn't work like that."

"There's nothing to say that, because you've played at the top level you'll make a good coach or manager."

"I would never be arrogant enough to presume I could be a national team coach or manager without any experience."

Johnson indicated a coaching position with England would be out of the question until he gained some decent experience at a lower level.

"It's an easy perception that I should get involved after everything that I achieved in 2003, and the rest of it," he said.

"But if I wanted to get involved in coaching I wouldn't go straight in at international level. I'd try and get some coaching experience first."

"It's one thing to have knowledge and experience, but the art of coaching is different. I have no coaching experience.