 Akaita mutambo wake wekutanga wekutamba mu1993 Five Nations Championship musi wa16 Ndira 1993. Aifanira kutamba mumutambo weEngland A apo akadanwa zvisingatarisirwi kuTwickenham kuti atsive Wade Dooley akakuvara. Nemaminiti 20 chete okuronga pamwe chete nevaaitamba navo mutsva mutambo usati watanga, Johnson akakandwa mugumo wakadzika. Kurwisana kwokutanga kwemisoro nechiFrench prop Laurent Seigne kwakasiya Johnson achishungurudzika, asi akaramba achitamba sezvo England yakakunda 1615. Johnson haana kuonekwa zvakare kuEngland mumakwikwi eFive Nations mwaka iwoyo asi akashevedzwa rwendo rusina kuvharwa kuCanada. Mushure mekuratidzira muEngland kurasikirwa neCanada akadaidzwa, zvakare semutsivi waDooley, kweBritish Lions 1993 rwendo kuenda kuNew Zealand. Dooley akanga adzokera kuEngland kunopinda mariro ababa vake uye akarambidzwa kudzokera parwendo nekomiti yeLions pachayo. Johnson akatamba mumitambo miviri yokupedzisira neNew Zealand. 