Andrew Johns
Cricket Player
1974 –
Who is Andrew Johns?
Andrew Gary "Joey" Johns is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. Hailed as the best halfback in the world for many years, he captained the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League and participated in the team's first two premiership victories in 1997 and 2001, playing a club record 249 games for the Knights. Johns also represented his country at two World Cups, and on one Kangaroo tour, playing in total 21 Test matches for the national side. He played in 23 State of Origin series matches for the New South Wales Blues, and played for the Country Origin side in 1995 and 2003.
Johns announced his retirement from rugby league on 10 April 2007 at the age of 32. This followed a long run of injuries, the last of which was a bulging disc in his neck which forced his retirement due to the risk of serious spinal injury from further heavy contact. Andrew Johns is one of only two players to have won the Golden Boot Award more than once and is the only player to have won the Dally M Medal for best player in the NRL three times. He finished his career as the highest points scorer in Australian first-grade premiership history with 2,176 points.
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- Born
- May 19, 1974
Cessnock - Also known as
- Andrew Gary "Joey" Johns
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Catherine Mahoney
(2007/10/27 - )
- Catherine Mahoney
- Children
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Lived in
- Newcastle
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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