Date of birth | 14 July 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (14.3 st; 201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Blackrock College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Trinity College, Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turner represented the Ireland national rugby sevens team on the World Rugby Sevens Series, where he played as a forward. He debuted for the national sevens team in 2020. [2]
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