Early Life
Johnson was born in Solihull in the West Midlands, the second of three brothers — his younger brother Will plays back row forward. At the age of seven, his family moved to Market Harborough, Leicestershire,where Martin attended Ridgeway Primary School, Welland Park School and Robert Smyth School.
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