TRIBUTE TO SHAUN JOHNSON - (THE NEXT BENJI MARSHALL)

Shaun Johnson's highlights for the Junior Warriors in the Toyota Cup and the Warriors. Like Rugbyfor1ife on Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/Rugbyfor1ife

Shaun Johnson is a New Zealand rugby league player who currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors. NRL commentator Phil Gould has described him as the "New Benji Marshall".
Early years
From Whangaparaoa, Johnson attended Orewa College and mainly played touch rugby at High School before a switching to rugby league. He has represented New Zealand in both touch and Aussie Rules and played first XV rugby union for his school.
His mother is Laotian and his father is a Pākehā.
Playing career
Johnson played for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders and Northcote Tigers in the Auckland Rugby League competition before being signed by the New Zealand Warriors in 2009.
Johnson started his professional career playing for the Junior Warriors in the Toyota Cup. Johnson spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons with the Junior Warriors and played 45 matches, scoring 25 tries, 159 goals and 4 field goals to finish his Toyota Cup career with 422 points. It was during this time that Andrew Johns commented that he had not been this excited about a player since Stacey Jones. He made his NSW Cup debut for the Auckland Vulcans in 2010 and also represented the Junior Kiwis that year. His final Toyota Cup match was being part of the Junior Warriors winning the 2010 Grand Final.
After suffering an injury at in the pre-season, Johnson spent the start of the 2011 season with the Auckland Vulcans before making his National Rugby League debut on 4 June 2011 against the Sydney Roosters due to an injury to Brett Seymour.In the 2011 Preliminary Final against the Melbourne Storm, after his team played a flawless second half, Johnson set up a mesmorizing try for Lewis Brown to seal the game in the 76th minute. The Warriors lost to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the 2011 Grand Final.

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[whysocereal7]

this vid is good but the song is SO OVERUSED

[NRLfor1ife]

@whysocereal7 Sorry but this guy cant be touch

[NRLWarriors4life]

how do you get the vids ???

[NRLfor1ife]

@NRLWarriors4life It was a bit of a mission, just looked every where I could.

[AKLHSE]

can you make a glen fisi'ahi highlight?

[NRLfor1ife]

@AKLHSE Yes I can Brah.

[apathecey]

Hahaha! @1:19 Ref has some gas

[tallis76]

..love the token (shit) tackle in the middle of this genius...that try v the storm in the play offs is the best bit of deception i think i,ve seen,not the next benji marshall...the first shaun johnson,the kids a genius and long may he last!!!

[mattheweel45]

Legend in the making, warriors best halfback since Stacey jones

[zFighterRampage]

Future warriors captain for sure

[TheNzwarrior97]

yo dude nice vi but can u tell me how to share vids on my channel

[nzcorey]

@KissedTheOven Why would he want to waste him time with that boring game!

[VodafoneWarriors157]

Ganstah Song

[filthridden]

2 dislikes. Probably Cooper Cronk and Kev Proctor.

[cyasoonbro]

@AKLHSE yeah highlight the one where the dickhead dropped the ball for not putting the ball down fast enough.