Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I takaro tuatahi a Johnston i te kirikiti karapu i Ireland i te tau 1995 ka hoki mai mo etahi atu waa e wha, ka tutaki ki tana wahine o mua a Vanessa, tokorua ana tamariki. I haere tonu ia ki te purei Kiriiki mo te Karapu Kiriiki o te Raki o Sydney, engari i tohu mo te uruwhenua o Ireland, ana ko te kaiako a Adrian Birrell i whakatau ka whai hua pea ia ki te taha o Ireland. I timata ia mo Ireland i te 5 o Mei 2004 ki a Surrey i roto i te whakataetae C & G Trophy i wikitoria e Ireland, ko to raatau wikitoria tuarua ki tetahi kawanatanga tuatahi. I takaro ano ia i te tukinga e whai ake nei ki a Northamptonshire. Ko nga ahuatanga e whai ake nei a Johnston mo Ireland e rua nga tukinga ki West Indies i te Pipiri, ko te tuarua i wikitoria ai a Ireland. Katahi ka takaro ia ki te MCC i muri mai o taua marama, i mua i tana tiimata tuatahi mo Ireland mo te Netherlands i te Ipu Intercontinental. I whai ake ko te 2004 European Championship me te tukinga tuatahi ki a Scotland. Ko te mahi matua mo Ireland i te 2005 ko te 2005 ICC Trophy, i whakahaerehia i Ireland ki te Raki me te Republic of Ireland. Ko Johnston i roto i te kapa Irish, a ka tae ratou ki te whakamutunga, ka ngaro ki Scotland, engari kei te tohu tonu mo te
Ko te Ipu o te Ao 2007.