George Turner (rugby union)
George Edward Turner (born 8 October 1992) is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays hooker for Pro14 team Glasgow Warriors.[1]
| Birth name | George Edward Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 October 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Stewart's Melville College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Turner was drafted to Currie in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017-18 season.[2]
Turner has been 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
Turner 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]
He 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 he 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]
References
- "Glasgow Warriors take George Turner on loan from Edinburgh". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- "Pro-player draft".
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "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.
- http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/17/08/25/dragons-23-40-glasgow-warriors
- "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.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41934487
- "Canada 10-48 Scotland: George Turner hat-trick sees Scots win".
External links
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| Preceded by Finlay Gillies |
John Macphail Scholarship Grant Gilchrist, Harry Leonard, George Turner 2011 |
Succeeded by Jonny Gray, Gregor Hunter |