Brian Johnston

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Brian Stuart Johnston
Born
Thursday, 13th November, 1958
Current Age
65 years and 137 days
Place Of Birth
Duneedoo, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Dunedoo junior played RU for Easts Colts while studying at the Institute of Technology in Sydney. A pacy, athletic speedster, Johnston signed with St George in 1980 and represented NSW on eight occasions between 1984-89. His highest rep honour came with selection as a reserve back in the one-off Test against NZ in 1987. Johnston assumed the St George captaincy in 1989 but was forced to retire at the beginning of the 1990 season because of injury. After he became the club’s Chief Executive in 1996 he was named Australian Test Manager for the ANZac Test in 1999. Johnston drew criticism of his handling of the sacking Craig Gower for misbehaviour in the week before the Test but remained one of the code’s brightest administration prospects until he resigned in 1999 because of ill health.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
City vs Country Firsts 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches Western Division 1 1 -   - 3 0 1 0 0.00% List
NRL 168 61 -   - 233 82 78 8 48.81% List
NRL Finals 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List
Interstate Matches 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
State of Origin 8 2 -   - 8 4 4 0 50.00% List
National Panasonic Cup 5 8 -   - 28 5 0 0 100.00% List
City vs Country 2 1 -   - 4 0 2 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tooheys Challenge Cup 1 2 -   - 8 1 0 0 100.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1987 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Country Firsts 1978, 1985 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
Western Division 1979 1 1 -   - 3 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Country Seconds 1979 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1981 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1981 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW 1984, 1986-89 8 2 -   - 8 4 4 0 50.00% List
NSW Country 1987-88 2 1 -   - 4 0 2 0 0.00% List
Overall1978-1989 16 4 0   0 15 6 10 0 37.50% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George NSWRFL 1980 19 4 -   - 12 9 8 2 47.37% List
St George NSWRFL 1981 20 6 -   - 18 8 11 1 40.00% List
St George NSWRFL 1982 7 1 -   - 3 3 3 1 42.86% List
St George NSWRFL 1983 17 9 -   - 36 6 10 1 35.29% List
St George NSWRL 1984 19 6 -   - 24 12 7 0 63.16% List
St George NSWRL 1985 15 4 -   - 16 11 3 1 73.33% List
St George NSWRL 1986 21 6 -   - 24 11 9 1 52.38% List
St George NSWRL 1987 20 13 -   - 52 9 10 1 45.00% List
St George NSWRL 1988 10 4 -   - 16 4 6 0 40.00% List
St George NSWRL 1989 20 8 -   - 32 9 11 0 45.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George 1980-89 168 61 -   - 233 82 78 8 48.81% List

Your Say

  • Paul Carter
    12/01/2010

    Brian Johnston scored the first ever try in a premiership at the Sydney Football Stadium. He scored that try in the first ever match played there for St George in 1988 against Eastern Suburbs a game which St George won 24-14. He also scored the first ever try in a premiership match at EnergyAustralia Stadium. He scored that try back when the ground was called the Newcastle International Sports Centre in 1985 a game which St George lost 20-10 to Canberra.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann

Sources: NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Match Video, Newspapers, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89