Ben Johnston (rugby league)

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Ben Johnston
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Personal information
Full nameBen Johnston
Born (1992-03-08) 8 March 1992 (age 30)
York, North Yorkshire, England
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight11 st 7 lb (73 kg) [1]
Playing information
Position Fullback, Scrum-half, Stand-off
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2012 Castleford Tigers 20000
2012–13 York City Knights 17120048
2013(loan)→ Dewsbury Rams 41004
2014–19 Halifax 1234900152
2020 York City Knights 00000
2021– Doncaster 19180072
Total1658000276
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014–15 Ireland 50000
Source: [2] [3]
As of 7 January 2023

Ben Johnston (born 8 March 1992) is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback , scrum-half or stand-off for Doncaster in Betfred League 1.

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He has previously played for the Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 930) in the Super League and the York City Knights in the Championship. Johnston has spent time on loan from York at the Dewsbury Rams in the Kingstone Press Championship and spent six seasons with Halifax in the Championship.

Background

Johnston was born in York, Yorkshire, England.

Club career

Johnston made his Super League début for the Castleford Tigers against the London Broncos in 2012.

Doncaster RLFC

On 17 Sep 2020 it was reported that he had signed for Doncaster RLFC in the RFL League 1 [4]

International

In 2014, Ben was a late call-up to Mark Aston's Ireland national rugby league team's squad for the 2014 European Cup tournament. Ben played in 2 of the 3 games available.

In October and November 2015, he appeared for Ireland again in the following year's European Cup competition.

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References

  1. ↑ "The official Engage Super League web site". web page. Super League. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Love Rugby League
  3. ↑ Rugby League Project
  4. ↑ "Doncaster sign Ben Johnston from York". Love Rugby League. 17 Sep 2020. Retrieved 24 Feb 2021.
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