Census Johnston

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{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Census Johnston

| image = Census Johnston 2013 (cropped).jpg

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| birth_name = Census Aokuso Iopu Johnston

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|5|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| height = 189 cm

| weight = {{convert|137|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}}

| relatives = James Johnston (brother)

| position = Prop

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| amatyears1 =

| amatteam1 =

| years1 = 2005

| years2 = 2006

| years3 = 2006

| years4 = 2006–2009

| years5 = 2009–2017

| years6 = 2017–2019

| years7 = 2019–2020

| clubs1 = Taranaki

| clubs2 = Biarritz

| clubs3 = Taranaki

| clubs4 = Saracens

| clubs5 = Toulouse

| clubs6 = Racing 92

| clubs7 = Bayonne

| apps1 = 1

| apps2 = 15

| apps3 = 9

| apps4 = 61

| apps5 = 222

| apps6 = 26

| apps7 = 4

| points1 = 0

| points2 = 0

| points3 = 10

| points4 = 30

| points5 = 60

| points6 = 0

| points7 = 0

| ru_clubupdate = 1 December 2019

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| repyears1 = 2005–2015

| repyears2 = 2006–2008

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Samoa}}

| repteam2 = Pacific Islanders

| repcaps1 = 57

| repcaps2 = 3

| reppoints1 = 20

| reppoints2 = 0

| ru_ntupdate = 16 June 2017

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Census Johnston (born 6 May 1981) is a former Samoan rugby union player. He has represented Samoa several times, and was in the Pacific Islanders' (combined Fiji, Samoa, Tonga) team which toured Europe in November 2006 and earned 6 Caps with English Barbarians F.C . His usual position is prop. Johnston previously played for Saracens F.C. in the English Guinness Premiership, as well as for Biarritz Olympique Stade Toulousain. Racing 92 and Aviron Bayonnais, also in the French Top 14. He also played for Taranaki in the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup. Census attended Rosebank Primary School and Waitākere College and Avondale college in Auckland before moving to Europe in 2005, winning 3x French Top 14 championships [2006 Biarritz 2011, 2012 Toulouse] and Heineken cup championship in 2010 also with Toulouse. In 2010 he was a replacement for the final as Toulouse won the Heineken Cup.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8687906.stm |title=Biarritz 19-21 Toulouse |publisher=BBC |date=22 May 2010 |access-date=25 September 2019}} In 2015 he was selected for Manu Samoa.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/johnston-a-surprise-call-up-for-samoa/WT4VFU2LWCBYPI6RMBD5IHVSLM/ |title=Johnston a surprise call-up for Samoa |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=2 July 2015 |access-date=17 April 2022}}

At the age of 36 he signed to Racing 92 for 2 seasons [2018/2019], playing a final season with Aviron Bayonnais before his retirement in 2020 aged 39.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/416319/sport-manu-samoa-s-census-johnston-talks-rugby-retirement-and-what-s-next |title=Sport: Manu Samoa's Census Johnston talks rugby, retirement and what's next |publisher=RNZ |date=11 May 2020 |access-date=17 April 2022}}