Six Nations 2011: Martin Johnson praises England for 'fighting'
France  'We made a lot of mistakes in first half' of 17-9 win
Manager happy with performance of Alex Corbisiero Nick Easter
England France England's Nick Easter forces his way between the
France centres Aurélien Rougerie, left, and Yannick Jauzion at
Twickenham. Photograph: David Jones/PA  England took a huge step
towards their first grand slam for eight years but their
manager, Martin Johnson, who led the side in 2003, acknowledged
that they had to battle to overcome France 17-9 after a nervous
first half.  It needed the boot of Jonny Wilkinson to steady
those nerves after 51 minutes when the replacement landed a
penalty to pass Dan Carter's world record for points scored. The
kick takes Wilkinson to a personal tally of 1,190 points.
Johnson said he was confident Toby Flood, who limped off with a
knee injury a minute earlier, would recover to face Scotland on
13 March.  Johnson said: "When we played Italy we scored early
and it became a question