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. Racing92 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 Avondale college in Auckland before moving to Europe in 2005, winning 3x French Top14 championships [2006 Biarritz 2011,2012 Toulouse] and Heineken cup championship in 2010 also with Toulouse. At the tender age of 36 he signed to Racing92 for 2 seasons [2018/2019], playing a final season with Aviron Bayonnais before his retirement in 2020 aged 39.

Census Johnston
Birth nameCensus Aokuso Iopu Johnston
Date of birth (1981-05-06) 6 May 1981
Place of birthAuckland, New Zealand
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight137 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
2009–17
2017-19
2019-
Taranaki
Biarritz
Taranaki
Saracens
Stade Toulousain
Racing 92
Aviron Bayonnais
1
15
9
61
222
26
4
(0)
(0)
(10)
(30)
(60)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 1 December 2019
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005–
2006–2008
Samoa
Pacific Islanders
57
3
(20)
(0)
Correct as of 16 June 2017

2010[1] In 2010 he was a replacement for the final as Toulouse won the Heineken Cup.[2]

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