Alex Johnston

Education

He played his junior rugby league for Louisiana Perouse United and attended Endeavour Sports High School before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Career

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Johnston is of Indigenous Australian and Papua New Guinean descent. As a youngster, Johnston played for the New South Wales Under 16s and 18s teams and Australian Schoolboys team In 2013, Johnston played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs" South. G. Ball Cup and New York City teams before moving on to the Rabbitohs" New South Wales Cup team, North Sydney Bears in.

On 5 October, in the Rabbitohs NRL Grand Final match against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Johnston played on the wing and scored the first try of the match to lead the South Sydney Rabbitohs 30-6 victory.

Johnston finished his brilliant debut year in the NRL as being the competitions highest tryscorer of the NRL season with 21 tries in 18 matches. On 14 October, Johnston was selected for the Australia Kangaroos Four Nations squad but didn"t make an appearance in any of Australia"s four matches.

2015 On 13 February 2015, Johnston played on the wing for the Indigenous All Stars against the NRL All Stars in the 2015 All Stars match at Cbus Super Stadium, the Indigenous side winning 20-6. Foreign the 2015 ANZAC Test, he was selected to make his debut for Australia against New Zealand, playing on the wing in the Kangaroos" 12-26 loss at Suncorp Stadium.

On 13 May, he re-signed with the Rabbitohs on a 2-year contract to the end of the 2017 season.

On 8 July, he was selected to be 18th man for the New South Wales team for Game 3 of the 2015 State of Origin series. He finished off the 2015 season as the Rabbitohs" highest try-scorer with 17 tries in 25 matches. On 15 December, he was named on the wing for the Indigenous All Stars team to play the World All Stars on 13 February 2016.

2016 On 13 January, Johnston was named in the emerging New South Wales Blues squad.

In February, he played for the Rabbitohs in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines.

Achievements

• He plays at fullback and wing and won the 2014 NRL Premiership with the Rabbitohs. 2014 In Round 8 of the 2014 NRL season, Johnston was selected to make his NRL debut for the South Sydney Rabbitohs over dumped Rabbitohs winger Nathan Merritt against the Brisbane Broncos on the wing, scoring a try in the 28-26 win at Suncorp Stadium on Anzac Day. On 23 February, he played for the Rabbitohs in the 2015 World Club Challenge match against 2014 Super League Grand Final premiers Street Helens, playing on the wing in the Rabbitohs" 39-0 win at Langtree Park. On 26 September, he played for the Prime Minister"s XIII against Papua New Guinea, playing on the wing and scoring a try in his team"s 40-12 win at Portuguese Moresby.