Ben Youngs reveals England confusion

England scrum-half Ben Youngs has revealed that he completely misunderstood his first call-up by Martin Johnson, and did not believe he was part of the squad.

Youngs is currently England's first-choice scrum-half and preparing to take on Scotland in Sunday's Calcutta Cup clash. But before his first call up, the Leicester No9 found it hard to understand what Johnson was telling him.

According to the Evening Standard, Youngs feared the worst when Martin Johnson told him: "You're on the bench".

Young said: "I was in the team hotel in Bagshot when Johnno came up and said I was on the bench. As Leicester had been knocked out of the LV Cup, I didn't think we had a game. I then thought that if one had been arranged at short notice, I couldn't understand why I had been dropped to the bench by the club.

"I told Johnno this and he looked at me in amazement and said: 'No, you are on the bench for us!' All I could say was 'brilliant' as it started to sink in.

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