Mindful of the challenge posed by England's next Pool B opponents, reigning European Nations Cup champions Georgia, Johnson has been trying to debunk the idea that the smaller nations still represent guaranteed victories for the big guns.
England's crushed the debutant Lelos 84-6 at RWC 2003, but Johnson had a clear message for those expecting a similar result in New Zealand.
"There's a bit of criticism gone round in the past about the World Cup having some meaningless games in the pool," he said. "But it's not turn up and score 50, 60 points anymore. It's harder than that and we've seen it."
Better organisation on the field and the diversification of professional rugby squads is at the root of the improvement, according to Johnson. It is a theory underlined by the fact that more than a third of Georgia's RWC 2011 squad play for clubs in France's top two domestic divisions.
England hooker Steve Thompson supported Johnson's thoughts and even rates Georgia's prop David Khinchagishvili, with whom he played at CA Brive in France, as one of the best looseheads he has ever packed down beside.
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