Alex Johnston

Alex Johnston (born 14 January 1995) is a professional rugby league footballer who primarily plays on the for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.

He has played for both and at international level.

On 2 July he scored five tries against Penrith to be the first Souths player since Nathan Merritt in 2011 to achieve five tries in a match.

In round 21, Alex Johnston was switched back to fullback after poor performances by Souths who were on a three-game losing streak.

He scored an amazing try in South Sydney's 32 - 18 loss against Canberra.

In 2013, Johnston played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs' S. G. Ball Cup and NYC teams before moving on to the Rabbitohs' New South Wales Cup team, North Sydney Bears in 2014.

He played for the Indigenous All Stars and the Prime Minister's XIII at representative level, and won the 2014 NRL Grand Final with the South Sydney club.

Johnston is the 3rd highest try scorer in Australian first-grade rugby league history.

Johnston was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and has Aboriginal and Lumi ancestry, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea and Saibai Island in the Torres Strait.

He played his junior rugby league for La Perouse United and attended Endeavour Sports High School (where he completed the HSC) before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

As a youngster, Johnston played for the New South Wales Under 16s and 18s teams and Australian Schoolboys team.

In round 8 of the 2014 NRL season, Johnston was selected to make his NRL debut for the South Sydney Rabbitohs over demoted Souths winger Nathan Merritt against the Brisbane Broncos on the, scoring a try in the 28–26 win at Suncorp Stadium on Anzac Day.

He continued to perform on both the left and right wing throughout the year.

At times, Johnston was referred to as the successor of Greg Inglis, for his ability to play fullback as well as wing.

In round 21, Johnston scored his first ever hat-trick against the Newcastle Knights in the Rabbitohs 50–10 victory.

On 5 October 2014, in Souths 2014 NRL Grand Final 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 2014 NRL season with 21 tries in 18 matches.

In September 2014, Johnston received an offer to play for his maternal grandmother's native.

On 14 October 2014, Johnston was selected for the Australia Kangaroos 2014 Four Nations squad but didn't make an appearance in any of Australia's four matches.

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.

On 23 February, he played for the Rabbitohs in the 2015 World Club Challenge match against 2014 Super League Grand Final premiers St. Helens, playing on the wing in the Rabbitohs' 39–0 win at Langtree Park.

For 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 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 South Sydney's highest try-scorer with 17 tries in 25 matches.

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 Port Moresby.

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.

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

In February, he played for South Sydney in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines, scoring the opening try of the competition.

He was selected on the wing and scored four tries in South Sydney's first three matches of the season before sustaining a hamstring injury that saw him sit out for several weeks.

In his return game in round 10 against the Parramatta Eels, he played in his preferred position at fullback in a 22–20 win.

He was renamed in the fullback position in round 15, once again against the Eels.

He was then moved back and forth as the club attempted to find a line-up that would win them.

In round 23, Johnston played on the wing when South Sydney broke their nine-game losing streak with a 41–22 win over the New Zealand Warriors.

He played their for the next three final games which were all won by South Sydney.

Johnston finished the 2016 season with 11 tries from 18 matches

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

In round 1 of the 2017 season, South Sydney fullback, Greg Inglis suffered what was deemed to be a season-ending injury to his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the club's 18–34 defeat by the Wests Tigers.

In round 2, Johnston was named at fullback for the club's clash with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

Johnston scored two tries in the position in his sides' 18–38 win at Brookvale Oval.

On 14 June he re-signed with the South Sydney club until the end of the 2020 season.