George Turner (rugby union)

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George Turner
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Full nameGeorge Edward Turner
Date of birth (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight106 kg (234 lb; 16 st 10 lb)
School Stewart's Melville College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Glasgow Warriors
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–2018 Edinburgh 12 (0)
2016–2017London Scottish (loan) 6 (5)
2017–2018Glasgow Warriors (loan) 18 (20)
2018– Glasgow Warriors 71 (55)
Correct as of 24 June 2023
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011–2012 Scotland U20 10 (0)
2017– Scotland 45 (50)
Correct as of 16 March 2024

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]

Contents

Club career

Turner 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

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]

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

Appearances and tries by national team and year
National teamYearAppsTries
Scotland 201720
201834
201941
202031
202181
2022101
2023102
202450
Total4510

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References

  1. "Glasgow Warriors take George Turner on loan from Edinburgh". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. "Glasgow Warriors | Pro-player draft". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
  3. "Tennent's Premiership clubs decide pro-player draft | Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  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. "Dragons Rugby v Glasgow Warriors". Glasgow Warriors. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  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. "Scotland 44-38 Samoa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  10. "Canada 10-48 Scotland: George Turner hat-trick sees Scots win". Sky Sports.
  11. "Scotland squad named for Rugby World Cup 2023". Scottish Rugby Union.
Sporting positions
Preceded by John Macphail Scholarship
Grant Gilchrist,
Harry Leonard,
George Turner

2011
Succeeded by