Luis Johnson (born 20 February 1999) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed i ...

in the

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. He has previously played for the Warrington Wolves and Hull Kingston Rovers in the

. He has spent time on dual registration and loan from Warrington at the Rochdale Hornets and the Widnes Vikings in the Championship, and on dual registration and loan from

Hull KR Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challeng ...

at the

Dewsbury Rams The Dewsbury Rams are a professional English rugby league club based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire that compete in the Championship. They play their home games at the Tetley's Stadium, on Owl Lane. The Rams' main fanbase comes from their hometo ...

in the Championship and the

( Heritage No. 1028) in

Background

Johnson was born in Leeds,

West Yorkshire, England West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exist ...

and is of English and Jamaican descent. He started his amateur career at

Oulton Raiders Oulton Raiders are an amateur rugby league football club from Oulton in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club's open age team currently compete in the top division of the National Conference League The National Conference League (known as the King ...

in Leeds at 4 years of age and was selected by the

at 15 years old to join their scholarship programme. He went on to their academy programme but, in 2018, the Warrington Wolves bought him out of his contract for £45,000 and Johnson signed a 3-year deal to join the club.

Career

Warrington Wolves

In 2018, Johnson made his

début for the Warrington Wolves against the Wigan Warriors. Johnson spent time on dual registration with the Rochdale Hornets, and on loan at the Widnes Vikings and

Hull Kingston Rovers

On 10 December 2020, Hull Kingston Rovers announced that Johnson would join on a permanent basis, signing a one-year deal. This was part of a swap deal that would see

Robbie Mulhern Robert "Robbie" Mulhern (born 18 October 1994) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Leigh Leopards in the Super League. Mulhern has represented Ireland, England and the England Knights at international level. He h ...

move the other way and join Warrington. In June 2021, Johnson signed a two-year contract extension with Hull KR. In September 2021, Johnson played for Hull KR in their 28-10 semi-final loss against the Catalans Dragons as they fell one game short of the grand final. In October 2023, Hull KR confirmed that Johnson would depart the club following the expiry of his contract at the end of the season.

Castleford Tigers (loan)

In April 2023, Johnson re-joined his former academy club

on a season-long loan. After two weeks, he would be available for recall by Hull KR in the event of significant injury problems. Johnson made his Castleford debut on 6 April against Wakefield Trinity and went on to make a total of 3 appearances for the Tigers. In May, Hull KR exercised their recall clause and cut the loan short due to injury concerns throughout the squad.

Castleford Tigers

On 18 December 2023, the

announced the signing of Johnson on a one-year deal.

Statistics

References

External links

Warrington Wolves profileSL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Luis 1999 births Living people Castleford Tigers players Dewsbury Rams players English people of Jamaican descent English rugby league players Hull Kingston Rovers players Rochdale Hornets players Rugby league second-rows Rugby league players from Leeds Warrington Wolves players Widnes Vikings players