George Edward Turner (born 8 October 1992) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a hooker for United Rugby Championship club Glasgow Warriors and the Scotland national team.[1]
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| Full name | George Edward Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 October 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (234 lb; 16 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Stewart's Melville College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
editTurner was drafted to Currie in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017-18 season.[2]
Turner was drafted to Ayr in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.[3]
Turner made his Edinburgh Rugby debut off the bench in October 2014.[4]
On 27 July 2017 it was announced that Turner would be joining Glasgow Warriors on loan for the season 2017-18.[5]
Turner played his first match for the Warriors on 25 August 2017 coming on as a substitute against Dragons in a 40-23 away win.[6]
International career
editTurner received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad on 22 February 2016 for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.[7] However he was replaced in the squad by Fraser Brown on 7 March 2016.[8]
Turner made his international debut from the bench in November 2017 as Scotland opened their Autumn International series with a 44-38 victory over Samoa.[9]
In June 2018 Turner was selected for Scotland's summer tour of the Americas, and achieved the unusual feat for a hooker of scoring a hat-trick in the victory over Canada.[10] In 2023 Turner was selected in the 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.[11]
International statistics
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Tries |
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| Scotland | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 10 | |
References
edit- ^ "Glasgow Warriors take George Turner on loan from Edinburgh". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors | Pro-player draft". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
- ^ "Tennent's Premiership clubs decide pro-player draft | Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "George Turner: Hooker describes 'frustrating' route to Scotland squad". BBC Sport. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Turner joins from Edinburgh - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
- ^ "Dragons Rugby v Glasgow Warriors". Glasgow Warriors. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Scotland lose Blair Cowan & Sean Maitland". BBC Sport. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Six Nations 2016: Scotland recall Dunbar, Pyrgos & Brown". BBC Sport. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Scotland 44-38 Samoa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Canada 10-48 Scotland: George Turner hat-trick sees Scots win". Sky Sports.
- ^ "Scotland squad named for Rugby World Cup 2023". Scottish Rugby Union.
External links
edit- George E. Turner at ESPNscrum
- George E. Turner at ItsRugby.co.uk
- George Turner Edinburgh Rugby profile Archived 4 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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