Sam Johnson (rugby union)
| Birth name | Sam Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 June 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dysart, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St. Edmund's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sam Johnson (born 19 June 1993 in Dysart, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Warriors at the Centre position.
Rugby Union
Amateur level
Sam 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 plays for Striling County when not in use by Glasgow Warriors.[2]
Professional level
He returned to Rugby Union for season 2013–14, where 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.[3]
He then went on to play five matches for Queensland Country in Australia’s National Rugby Championship in the season 2014–15.[4]
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 Sam Johnson would be joining the Pro12 champions Glasgow Warriors in an initial contract to May 2017.[5]
Rugby League
Johnson played Rugby League for the Gold Coast Titans under-20s [6] after school. 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.[7] He sometimes played for the Gold Coast Titans feeder club Tweed Heads Seagulls in New South Wales at this time.
External links
References
- ^ "Guinness PRO12: Warriors sign Sam Johnson and Greg Peterson". The Sport Review.
- ^ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/16/09/29/scotland-centurion-sean-lamont-bt-premiership-action
- ^ "Fringe Queensland Reds players told to make most of Super Rugby opportunity against Western Force". ABC News.
- ^ "BBC Sport - Glasgow Warriors sign Sam Johnson and Greg Peterson". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Johnson and Peterson signings secured". glasgowwarriors.org.
- ^ "Sam Johnson". nrl.com.
- ^ "Sam relishing tough mission". Sunshine Coast Daily.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Queensland Reds players
- Queensland Country (NRC team) players
- Glasgow Warriors players
- Australian expatriate rugby union players
- Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Expatriate rugby union players in Scotland
- Stirling County RFC players