They all agreed to try and get me those couple of tries. After missing out on Johnston’s signature, the Tigers are desperate to land Addo-Carr and are also reportedly eyeing Raiders winger Jordan Rapana. This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising. South Sydney started the year off winning 8 of their first 9 games. Then in April, South Sydney let Johnston know that they could not make him an offer for 2021 as there was only space for minimum wage contracts. [13][14] 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. "I didn’t go into the game expecting to get a massive win like that against the Roosters, they are a great team. In round 8 of the 2014 NRL season, Johnston was selected to make his NRL debut for the South Sydney Rabbitohs over dumped Souths 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 2 July he scored 5 tries against the Penrith Panthers to be the first Rabbitohs player since Nathan Merritt in 2011 to achieve 5 tries in a match. It ended months of speculation about the players future as he had been linked to Melbourne, Wests Tigers and North Queensland. He played for the Indigenous All Stars and the Prime Minister's XIII, and won the 2014 NRL Grand Final with the Rabbitohs. The longer the season went, the longer it was playing on my mind,” he said. Every game of every round Live & On-Demand with no-ad breaks during play. “Mentally it was a bit of a rollercoaster ride for me. On 14 June he re-signed with the Rabbitohs until the end of the 2020 season. [33], In the 2020 elimination final, Johnston scored two tries for Souths in their 46-20 victory over Newcastle at ANZ Stadium. "The other clubs were very good to me, very tempting and I think I’d say 50/50 were the odds at the end of the day. Storm star Josh Addo-Carr has been linked to a return to the Tigers, his former club, which could be the reason why they weren’t able to offer Johnston a better deal. At times, Johnston was referred to as the successor of Greg Inglis, for his ability to play fullback as well as wing. [34], Papua New Guinea national rugby league team, "Souths' Alex Johnston set to play alongside idol Greg Inglis", "Alex Johnson player results, scores, news and statistics", "South Sydney Star Greg Inglis Scores Brilliant Solo Try in Controversial Win", "South Sydney Rabbitohs Win 2014 Grand final Defeating Canterbury Bulldogs", "Rabbitohs Star Alex Johnston PNG's No.1 Target | Triple M NRL", "South Sydney Rabbitohs Dylan Walker and Alex Johnston selected for Kangaroos", "Indigenous All Stars Have Beaten the NRL All Stars 20-6", "New Zealnd's Comprehensive Defeat of Australia Could Spell the End for Coach Tim Sheens and Several Veterans", "Extend Contracts of Alex Johnston and Cameron McInnes Until End of 2017", "South Sydney Rabbitohs re-sign Alex Johnston and Cameron McInnes", "State of Origin: South Sydney duo Alex Johnston and Dylan Walker on verge of NSW call up for Origin II", "Australian Prime Minister's XIII beat Papua New Guinea 40-12 in Port Moresby", https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/09/22/player-ratings-roosters-v-rabbitohs/, http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/MTItMTcxNy00LS0tLS0tMjA4MDItLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t, "Souths too good for undisciplined Warriors", "Allan key for Souths after Johnston injury", "Rabbitohs dig deep to eliminate Sea Eagles in finals thriller", "Canberra Raiders end 25-year wait to reach NRL grand final with victory over Rabbitohs", "Hat-trick hero Alex Johnston's telling interview amid South Sydney contract breakdown", "Ice-cool Reynolds kicks Rabbitohs to miracle win after late Feldt brain fade", "South Sydney beats Manly in 56-16 NRL thrashing, Roosters and Canberra record victories", "Johnston's sacrifice to stay at Souths sparks changeroom celebrations", "Johnston and Walker combine to demolish Roosters", "NRL 2020 finals week one: Rabbitohs crush Knights - as it happened", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alex_Johnston_(rugby_league)&oldid=982084630, Indigenous Australian rugby league players, Australian people of Papua New Guinean descent, People educated at Endeavour Sports High School, Australia national rugby league team players, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 October 2020, at 02:39. However, against the New Zealand Warriors in round 24, Johnston injured his hamstring as he was scoring a try in the 36 - 18 win. “I did hold a little bit of hope there when sometimes it didn’t look like it was going to happen. He scored an amazing try in the Rabbitohs' 32 - 18 loss against the Raiders. Johnston revealed on Tuesday that he was actually “very close” to signing with either the Storm or Tigers.

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