Census Johnston

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]

Census Johnston

Birth name	Census Aokuso Iopu Johnston
Date of birth	(1981-05-06) 6 May 1981 (age 43)
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)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005 2006 2006 2006–2009 2009–2017 2017–2019 2019–2020 Taranaki Biarritz Taranaki Saracens Toulouse Racing 92 Bayonne 1 15 9 61 222 26 4 (0) (0) (10) (30) (60) (0) (0) Correct as of 1 December 2019 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005– 2006–2008 Samoa Pacific Islanders 57 3 (20) (0) Correct as of 16 June 2017

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

1. "Biarritz 19-21 Toulouse". BBC. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
2. "Johnston a surprise call-up for Samoa". New Zealand Herald. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
3. "Sport: Manu Samoa's Census Johnston talks rugby, retirement and what's next". RNZ. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

External links

• Census Johnston on ercrugby.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 August 2012)
• Census Johnston on stadetoulousain.fr