Census Johnston (born 6 May 1981) is a former Samoan rugby union player. He has represented Samoa several times, and was in the Pacific Islanders' (combined Fiji, Samoa, Tonga) team which toured Europe in November 2006 and earned 6 Caps with English Barbarians F.C . His usual position is prop. Johnston previously played for Saracens F.C. in the English Guinness Premiership, as well as for Biarritz Olympique Stade Toulousain. Racing 92 and Aviron Bayonnais, also in the French Top 14. He also played for Taranaki in the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup. Census attended Rosebank Primary School and Waitākere College and Avondale college in Auckland before moving to Europe in 2005, winning 3x French Top 14 championships [2006 Biarritz 2011, 2012 Toulouse] and Heineken cup championship in 2010 also with Toulouse. In 2010 he was a replacement for the final as Toulouse won the Heineken Cup.[1] In 2015 he was selected for Manu Samoa.[2]
| Birth name | Census Aokuso Iopu Johnston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 May 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 137 kg (21 st 8 lb; 302 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | James Johnston (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the age of 36 he signed to Racing 92 for 2 seasons [2018/2019], playing a final season with Aviron Bayonnais before his retirement in 2020 aged 39.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Biarritz 19-21 Toulouse". BBC. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Johnston a surprise call-up for Samoa". New Zealand Herald. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Sport: Manu Samoa's Census Johnston talks rugby, retirement and what's next". RNZ. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
External links
edit- Census Johnston on ercrugby.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 August 2012)
- Census Johnston on stadetoulousain.fr
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