Sam Johnson (rugby union)
| Birth name | Sam Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 June 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dysart, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb; 16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Edmund's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sam Johnson (born June 19, 1993) is a rugby union player. A centre, Johnson plays for the Glasgow Warriors and represents Scotland at international level, although born and raised in Australia.
Rugby union career[]
Amateur career[]
Johnson first made a name for himself at schoolboy level, representing Queensland Schoolboys and Australia Schoolboys A after winning the Associated Independent Colleges (AIC) competition with St Edmund's College in 2011.[1] His first rugby union club was GPS in Brisbane. He was then to switch codes to Rugby League.
On moving to Scotland, he played for Stirling County when not in use by Glasgow Warriors.[2]
Johnson was drafted to Ayr in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017-18 season.[3]
Johnson has been drafted to Glasgow Hawks in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.[4]
Professional career[]
Johnson returned to rugby union for the 2013–14 season, when he joined the Queensland Reds wider training squad, and returned to his former club GPS.
Johnson impressed the Queensland Reds coaching staff in 2014 as a regular in the midfield for Reds A and GPS, which led to him making his Queensland Reds debut off the bench against the Western Force in Perth.[5]
Johnson then went on to play five matches for Queensland Country in Australia's National Rugby Championship in the season 2014–15.[6]
Johnson made two Super Rugby appearances for the Reds in total and was named on the bench a further three times.
On 28 April 2015, it was announced that Johnson would be joining the Pro12 champions Glasgow Warriors in an initial contract to May 2017.[7]
International career[]
In October 2018, after qualifying to play for Scotland on residency grounds, he was called up to the senior squad for the Autumn Internationals.[8] He was then named in the squad for the 2019 Six Nations tournament[9] and started in the opening game, a 33–20 win against Italy, to claim his first cap. He scored his first international try in the 13-22 loss to Ireland the next week.[10]
Rugby league career[]
Johnson played Rugby League for the Gold Coast Titans under-20s after school.[11] His favoured position in rugby league was as a forward in the back row but he was often played at as a back at centre instead and was tagged a utility player.[12] He sometimes played for the Gold Coast Titans' feeder club Tweed Heads Seagulls in New South Wales at this time.
References[]
- ^ "Guinness PRO12: Warriors sign Sam Johnson and Greg Peterson". The Sport Review. 28 April 2015.
- ^ "News".
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- ^ http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/18/08/21/tennent%E2%80%99s-premiership-clubs-decide-pro-player-draft
- ^ "Fringe Queensland Reds players told to make most of Super Rugby opportunity against Western Force". ABC News. 3 July 2014.
- ^ "BBC Sport - Glasgow Warriors sign Sam Johnson and Greg Peterson". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Johnson and Peterson signings secured". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ^ "Scotland: Blade Thomson, Sam Skinner and Sam Johnson in Autumn Tests squad". BBC. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Seven uncapped Scots named in 2019 Guinness Six Nations squad". Scottish Rugby. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Six Nations: Ireland defeat Scotland 22-13 at Murrayfield to get off the mark". BBC. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Sam Johnson". nrl.com.
- ^ Jbuchan, By (24 April 2012). "Sam relishing tough mission". Sunshine Coast Daily.
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