| Ben Johnston | |
| Fullname: | Ben Johnston |
| Birth Date: | 8 March 1992 |
| Birth Place: | York, North Yorkshire, England |
| Height: | 5feet |
| Weight: | 11st[1] |
| Club1: | Castleford Tigers |
| Year1start: | 2012 |
| Appearances1: | 2 |
| Tries1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 0 |
| Year2start: | 2012 |
| Year2end: | 13 |
| Appearances2: | 17 |
| Tries2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
| Points2: | 48 |
| Year3start: | 2013 |
| Appearances3: | 4 |
| Tries3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals3: | 0 |
| Points3: | 4 |
| Club4: | Halifax |
| Year4start: | 2014 |
| Year4end: | 19 |
| Appearances4: | 123 |
| Tries4: | 49 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals4: | 0 |
| Points4: | 152 |
| Club5: | York City Knights |
| Year5start: | 2020 |
| Appearances5: | 0 |
| Tries5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals5: | 0 |
| Points5: | 0 |
| Club6: | Doncaster |
| Year6start: | 2021 |
| Year6end: | present |
| Appearances6: | 19 |
| Tries6: | 18 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals6: | 0 |
| Points6: | 72 |
| Teama: | Ireland |
| Yearastart: | 2014 |
| Yearaend: | 15 |
| Appearancesa: | 5 |
| Triesa: | 0 |
| Goalsa: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
| Pointsa: | 0 |
| Source: | [2] [3] |
| Updated: | 7 January 2023 |
Ben Johnston (born 8 March 1992) is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who plays as a or for Doncaster in Betfred League 1.
He has previously played for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League and the York City Knights in the Championship. Johnston has spent time on loan from York at the Dewsbury Rams in the Kingstone Press Championship and spent six seasons with Halifax in the Championship.
Johnston was born in York, Yorkshire, England.
Johnston made his Super League début for the Castleford Tigers against the London Broncos in 2012.
On 17 Sep 2020 it was reported that he had signed for Doncaster RLFC in the RFL League 1[4]
In 2014, Ben was a late call-up to Mark Aston's Ireland national rugby league team's squad for the 2014 European Cup tournament. Ben played in 2 of the 3 games available.
In October and November 2015, he appeared for Ireland again in the following year's European Cup competition.