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SAM JOHNSON

Age 25 (19 June 1993)

Born Dysart, Queensland

Club Glasgow

Position Centre

Height 6ft 1in

Weight 14st 13lb

Scotland caps Four

Points Ten (2T)

Instagram @samjohnson013

IT WAS initially only meant to be a two-year stay in Glasgow for Sam Johnson but life comes at you fast. The centre can come at you even faster, as England learnt in a frenetic Calcutta Cup clash in March. Here the Aussie-born back tells us of his first sports obsession, sweating with nerves and Test ambitions…

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