Curtis Johnston

Curtis Johnston is a Rugby League player and current member of the North Sydney Bears Intrust Super Premiership side.

Curtis was born in Darlinghurst, Sydney and grew up in Chatswood till the age of 10 when he moved to Berowra in Sydney's far North. Curtis played 7 seasons of New South Wales Cup with the North Sydney Bears scoring 97 tries over 110 games before moving clubs to Redcliffe Dolphins at the end of 2014 he has scored 21 tries over 47 games with the Dolphins.

Curtis debuted as an 18 year old for North Sydney Bears against Cronulla Sharks in 2008 at Blue Tongue Stadium. He played limited games in 2008 and most with Junior Club Berowra Wallabies in which Curtis won the combine North Sydney/Manly Warringah A-Grade Competition.

In 2011 Curtis was named NSW Cup winger of the year alongside Michael Lett scoring 27 tries in the regular season and called into the NSW Cup Representatives side Vs Qld Residents.

2012 saw Curtis join the club his Grandfather John Sellgren played for in the late 40s early 50s at the South Sydney Rabbitohs, he played out most of the year with feeder club North Sydney Bears.

2013 Curtis fell in trouble with the ASADA (Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority) after allegations of text messages saying he had admitted to the use of peptides aired on channel 9. Curtis claimed the messages were a joke between friends and was later cleared to resume playing with North Sydney after 8 weeks of investigation. Curtis scored 4 tries in his return game against Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. [1][2]

In 2014 Curtis signed with UK club Leigh Centurions but was ineligible to play in England due to lack of UK heritage and was unable to gain a visa or sponsorship from the RFL. This saw Curtis change interstate to Queensland club Redcliffe Dolphins. Curtis did not play there until round 8 of the 2015 season after serving an 11-week suspension from the NSWRL the previous year.[3]

2016 saw Curtis play in his first State League (Qrl Intrust Super Cup) Grand Final against the Burleigh Bears losing 26 to 16.

On May 11, 2018, Johnston rejoined his home club North Sydney Bears.[4]

Johnston brought up his 100th try with the Bears against The Sea Eagles with a hat trick at North Sydney Oval on 20 May 2018.[5]

He currently sits on 102 tries out of 117 games for North Sydney.

References

  1. ↑ Proszenko, Adrian (10 April 2013). "Johnston cleared, but fears name is tarnished". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/north-sydney-bears-curtis-johnston-makes-big-return-helping-to-thrash-canterbury-bankstown/news-story/afb595daab2777dce8b3271d73483e7c
  3. ↑ http://www.totalrl.com/leigh-centurions-have-signing-rejected-by-rfl/
  4. ↑ https://www.northsydneybears.com.au/bears-fan-favorite-returns/
  5. ↑ https://www.northsydneybears.com.au/2018-report-isp-round-11-v-workers/


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