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]

George Turner
Birth nameGeorge Edward Turner
Date of birth (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight106 kg (16 st 10 lb)
SchoolStewart's Melville College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017-18
2018-		 Currie
Ayr		 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2018
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–		 Edinburgh
→London Scottish
→Glasgow Warriors
Glasgow Warriors		 12
6
18
15		 (0)
(5)
(20)
(10)
Correct as of 16 March 2018
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–12
2017–		 Scotland U20
Scotland		 10
8		 (0)
(20)
Correct as of 17 September 2019

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
  1. "Glasgow Warriors take George Turner on loan from Edinburgh". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. "Pro-player draft".
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "George Turner: Hooker describes 'frustrating' route to Scotland squad". BBC Sport. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. "Turner joins from Edinburgh - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
  6. http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/17/08/25/dragons-23-40-glasgow-warriors
  7. "Scotland lose Blair Cowan & Sean Maitland". BBC Sport. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  8. "Six Nations 2016: Scotland recall Dunbar, Pyrgos & Brown". BBC Sport. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41934487
  10. "Canada 10-48 Scotland: George Turner hat-trick sees Scots win".
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Finlay Gillies		 John Macphail Scholarship
Grant Gilchrist,
Harry Leonard,
George Turner
2011		 Succeeded by
Jonny Gray,
Gregor Hunter
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.