Sam Johnson (rugby union)
| Full name | Sam Johnson | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Rugby league career | |||
| Position | Back row / Centre | ||
| Professional clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| Tweed Heads Gold Coast Titans U20 |
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| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| GPS | |||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2015- | Glasgow Warriors | 1 | |
| correct as of 25 June 2015. | |||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2014-15 | Queensland Country | 5 | |
| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2013-15 | Queensland Reds | 2 | |
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.
Sam Johnson first made a name for himself at schoolboy level, representing Queensland Schoolboys and Australia 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.
Johnson played Rugby League for the Gold Coast Titans U20s [2] 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.[3] He sometimes played for the Gold Coast Titans feeder club Tweed Heads Seagulls in New South Wales at this time.
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.[4]
He then went on to play five matches for Queensland Country in Australia’s National Rugby Championship in the season 2014-15.[5]
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.[6]
External links
References
- ↑ "Guinness PRO12: Warriors sign Sam Johnson and Greg Peterson". The Sport Review.
- ↑ "Sam Johnson". nrl.com.
- ↑ "Sam relishing tough mission". Sunshine Coast Daily.
- ↑ "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.
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