Chris Johns (rugby league)

Chris Johns
Personal information
Born 1964
Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
Position Centre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1984–87 St. George Dragons 56 7 0 0 28
1986–87 Castleford 18 7 0 0 28
1988–96 Brisbane Broncos 171 50 0 0 200
Total 245 64 0 0 256
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989–94 New South Wales 10 3 0 0 12
1990–92 Australia 9 2 0 0 8
Source: NRL Stats

Chris Johns (born 1964 in Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. He played in the centres, achieving representative honours for Australia and New South Wales. His club football career was spent with the St. George Dragons and Brisbane Broncos, as well as a spell in England with Castleford. After retiring from the playing field, Johns worked in the administration of the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm clubs.

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Playing career

Johns played as a reserve back for St. George in the 1985 NSWRL season's Grand Final after playing in the winning reserve grade grand final.

After a stint with Castleford in 1986–87 Johns moved to the newly-created Brisbane Broncos in 1988.

Johns was the top try-scorer for the Broncos in 1989. At the end of the 1990 NSWRL season, he went on the 1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France.

During the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he helped Australia retain The Ashes.

In the weeks following the grand final Johns travelled with the Broncos to England, where he played at centre in the 1992 World Club Challenge against British champions Wigan, helping Brisbane become the first NSWRL club to win the match in Britain.

During the 1994 NSWRL season, Johns played at centre for defending premiers Brisbane when they hosted British champions Wigan for the 1994 World Club Challenge.

Post-playing

Following retirement Johns worked in the Brisbane Broncos administration before moving south with John Ribot to help set up the new Melbourne Storm club. He was responsible for signing the key players that allowed Melbourne to win the premiership in only their second season.[1] He left the post at the end of 2002.

In 2000 Johns was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in the sport of rugby league.

During the 2007 season at the Broncos' 20-year anniversary celebration, the club announced a list of the 20 best players to play for them to date which included Johns.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cockerill, Ian (1999-10-03). "Eye of the Storm". The Sunday Age: pp. 4. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&docID=news991004_0014_7918. Retrieved 2009-10-06. 
  2. ^ Dekroo, Karl (2007-05-09). "Still the king". The Courier-Mail (Australia: Queensland Newspapers). http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21701434-10389,00.html. Retrieved 2009-12-08. 

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