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Player Shaun Johnson

Date of Birth
Sep 9, 1990
Birth Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality
  1. 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Height (cm)
179 cm
Weight (kg)
92 kg
Position/s
  1. Five-Eighth
  2. Halfback
Nickname
Princess
Forum Nickname/s
SJ
Warrior #
168
NRL Debut Date
Jun 4, 2011
NRL Debut Details
NRL 2011, Round 13, Sydney City Roosters
Warriors Debut Date
Jun 4, 2011
Warriors Debut Details
NRL 2011, Round 13, Sydney City Roosters
Warriors Years Active
  1. 2009
  2. 2010
  3. 2011
  4. 2012
  5. 2013
  6. 2014
  7. 2015
  8. 2016
  9. 2017
  10. 2018
  11. 2022
  12. 2023
  13. 2024
College/s
Orewa College
Signed To
Cronulla Sharks (2019-21)
Signed From
Hibiscus Coast Raiders
Junior Club/s
Hibiscus Coast Raiders
Previous Club/s
Cronulla Sharks (2019-21)
Current Club
NZ Warriors
Rep Honours
  1. NZ
  2. World/NRL All Stars
Awards/Honours
  1. Warriors Player of the Year
  2. Golden Boot
  3. Dally M (Positional Award)
  4. RLPA Players Champion
Status
Retired
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Johnson
Rugby League Project
https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/shaun-johnson/summary.html

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📝 Summary:

This Warriors forum thread extensively discusses Shaun Johnson's career, focusing on his exceptional 2023 season where he won the RLPA Players' Champion award #30#36 and recognition as a key playmaker. Recent debates center on his 2024 performance decline, attributed to persistent injuries like his Achilles issue, which a member #390 reveals significantly impacted his mobility and led to self-admitted struggles during games like the pivotal Titans loss #200#217. Speculation about his retirement intensifies throughout, with fans debating whether he should continue beyond 2024 despite offers from clubs like the Roosters, though Johnson consistently states it's "Warriors or retirement." Tactical discussions highlight the team's improved dynamics without him, noted in posts advocating for halves Te Maire Martin and Chanel Harris-Tavita #317#97312. Throughout, Johnson's legacy as a club icon and complex leadership role—including his mentorship of younger players during injury absence #120—remains a unifying theme amid critiques of his current on-field limitations.

🏷️ Tags:

Player Performance, Injury Management, Career Transition

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NZWarriors.com

'Felt in the groove': SJ unscathed and all smiles​

AuthorCorey RosserNRL ReporterTimestampSun 17 Sep 2023, 08:57 AM

As the clock hit 70 minutes on Saturday night and the Warriors sat on a 24-point lead, Dylan Walker began to implore team management on the bench to get Shaun Johnson out of the game and into cotton wool.
Having already played a key role in seeing his side through to their first Preliminary Final in 12 years – with a pair of try assists and a kicking game that went a long way to taking Newcastle's much-vaunted backline out of the contest – Johnson's confidence in his dodgy calf seemed to improve throughout the night on the back of a boisterous crowd of 26,083 at Go Media Stadium.

Eventually even coach Andrew Webster had seen enough, with his star No.7 rested for the final six minutes ahead of Saturday's trip to face the Broncos in Brisbane.
“With 10 to go when he was double right-foot stepping and carrying on like he was 18, that was frustrating me, I was like 'just calm down, kick to the corner and get off the field' and he's carrying on like a lunatic," Webster said.
He came super close to not playing... he made sure he got himself to the start line, he's done a terrific job [and] not only did he get himself there, I thought he once again had a big impact.
Andrew Webster
"He gave everyone confidence. Everyone fell into shape and I thought our attack early was a big result of what he was doing."
While he is likely to face a restricted training schedule again this coming week as he manages the injury, Johnson said post-match that he got through the game unscathed and felt little impact from three weeks of minimal team training.
“Happy I got through it physically and I was really glad I didn’t feel underdone or anything, which I was a little bit nervous about after missing two games and having three down weeks,” Johnson said.
“I felt good out there, felt comfortable and felt in the groove.
“I was really happy with how I was able to tick boxes through the week and then come out and play through that.
“That all comes as you get a bit wiser with age, you take lessons along the way and you learn how to deal with playing with injury.”
 
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