Campbell Johnstone (born 7 January 1980) is a New Zealand international
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player who plays for
Biarritz Olympique
Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (; ), usually known simply as Biarritz, is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine which competes in the Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. Biarritz p ...
in the
Top 14
The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ...
. In December 2012 he joined Welsh regional team
Ospreys
The osprey (''Pandion haliaetus''), , also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown o ...
until the end of the 2012/13 season, going straight into their 38-man Heineken Cup squad and making his debut the same week against Toulouse.
He played for the
All Blacks
The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ...
in 2005 in which he played 3 tests and made his debut against
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
and his latest test was against the
British and Irish Lions
The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lions are a test side and most often select players who have already played for their national ...
. His position is
prop
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.
References
External links
Crusaders profile*
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1980 births
New Zealand international rugby union players
Living people
People from Waipukurau
New Zealand rugby union players
Biarritz Olympique players
Ospreys (rugby union) players
Expatriate rugby union players in France
Tasman rugby union players
Canterbury rugby union players
Crusaders (rugby union) players
New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
Expatriate rugby union players in Wales
Expatriate rugby union players in Russia
Expatriate rugby union players in Romania
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Wales
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in France
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Russia
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Rugby union props
People educated at Lindisfarne College, New Zealand
Rugby union players from the Hawke's Bay Region