Morgan Turinui

Morgan Turinui
Rugby union career

Date of birth	(1982-01-05) 5 January 1982
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
School	Waverley College
Playing career
Position	Centre
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2011–	Stade Français
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Randwick DRUFC Sunshine Coast Stingrays
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2003 ‐ 07 2008 ‐ 10	Waratahs Reds	65 5	(125) (5)

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2003–05 2006 2000 2002	Australia Australia A Schoolboys Australia U-21	20 3	(30)
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
	Australia

Morgan Turinui (born 5 January 1982) in Sydney is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays for French team Stade Français.

Early life

Turinui was educated at the Sydney school of Waverley College.^[1]^[2] In 2000, Turinui captained the Australia Schoolboys, having been the vice-captain of the side in the previous year. Turinui went on to represent the Australia under-21 team in 2002, and play for the Australian Sevens side in Hong Kong and Beijing.

Professional career

Turinui came of age in 2003, scoring a record six tries for his club side, Randwick DRUFC, against Warringah Rugby Club. This effort helped him to be selected for his provincial team, the New South Wales Waratahs, in the same year. In his first year as a professional player, he made his debut for the national team against Ireland and was selected for the Wallabies' campaign for the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup.

Although he did not feature prominently in the 2003 tournament, he went on to become a regular fixture in the national team. Turinui was named vice-captain of the Wallabies for their Bledisloe Cup Test against the All Blacks in September 2005 and played in all 13 of the Wallabies' Tests in that year. In June 2007, Turinui signed with the Queensland Reds for the 2008 Super 14 season.

Outside rugby

He is a sought after public speaker and wrote a popular blog on the Wallabies campaign for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

References

External links

Queensland profile

Australia squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup Runners-up

Forwards	Baxter Cannon Cockbain Croft Darwin Dunning Giffin Harrison Lyons Paul Roe Smith Sharpe Vickerman Young Waugh (vc)

Backs	Burke Flatley Giteau Gregan (c) Grey Larkham Latham Mortlock Roff Rogers Sailor Tuqiri Turinui Whitaker

Coach	Jones

Barbarian team captains – International Fixtures

To 1999	Apr 1915: Edgar Mobbs (vs. Wal) Jan 1948: Haydn Tanner (vs. Aus) Jan 1952: Jimmy Nelson (vs. SA) Feb 1954: Rex Willis (vs. NZ) Feb 1958: Cliff Morgan (vs. Aus) May 1958: Jim Greenwood (vs. East Africa) Feb 1961: Ronnie Dawson (vs. SA) Nov 1962: Ron Jacobs (vs. Can) Feb 1964: Ronnie Dawson (vs. NZ) Jan 1967: Noel Murphy (vs. Aus) Dec 1967: Stewart Wilson (vs. NZ) May 1969: John O'Shea (vs. Rhodesia) Jan 1970: Gareth Edwards (vs. SA) May 1970: John Spencer (vs. Sco XV) Oct 1970: Frank Laidlaw (vs. Fiji) Jan 1973: John Dawes (vs. NZ) Nov 1974: Willie John McBride (vs. NZ) Jan 1976: Mervyn Davies (vs. Aus) Jun 1976: Phil Bennett (vs. Can) Sep 1977: Gerald Davies (vs. Lions) Dec 1978: Derek Quinnell (vs. NZ) Jan 1982: Bill Beaumont (vs. Aus) cancelled Mar 1983: Fergus Slattery (vs. Sco XV) Dec 1984: Gareth Davies (vs. Aus) May 1985: Colin Deans (vs. Ita) Nov 1988: Phillip Matthews (vs. Aus) Nov 1989: David Sole (vs. NZ) Sep 1990: Nick Farr-Jones (vs. Eng) Oct 1990: Nick Farr-Jones (vs. Wales) Nov 1990: [[]] (vs. Arg) Sep 1991: Stuart Barnes (vs. Sco) Jun 1992: [[]] (vs. Rus) Nov 1992: Will Carling (vs. Aus) Dec 1993: Scott Hastings (vs. NZ) Jun 1994: [[]] (vs. Zim) Dec 1994: Robert Jones (vs. SA) 1996: [[]] (vs. Ire) Aug 1996: [[]] (vs. Sco) Aug 1996: Arran Pene (vs. Wal) Dec 1996: [[]] (vs. Aus)

From 2000	May 2000: Ian Jones (vs. Ire) May 2000: Zinzan Brooke (vs. Sco) Aug 2000: Jeff Probyn (vs. Ger) Dec 2000: Lawrence Dallaglio (vs. SA) May 2001: Gary Teichmann (vs. Wal) May 2001: Tim Horan (vs. Sco) May 2001: Gary Teichmann (vs. Eng) Nov 2001: Rob Howley (vs. Aus) May 2002: Todd Blackadder (vs. Eng) May 2002: Pat Lam (vs. Wal) Jun 2002: Ian Jones (vs. Sco) May 2003: Taine Randell (vs. Eng) May 2003: Mick Galwey (vs. Sco) May 2003: Mark Connors (vs. Wal) May 2004: Taine Randell (vs. Sco) May 2004: Matt Burke (vs. Wal) May 2004: Anton Oliver (vs. Eng) Jun 2004: Rob Baxter (vs. Por) Dec 2004: Justin Marshall (vs. NZ) May 2005: David Humphreys (vs. Sco) May 2005: Corné Krige (vs. Eng) May 2006: Raphaël Ibañez (vs. Eng) May 2006: Will Greenwood (vs. Sco) Jun 2006: Bobby Skinstad (vs. Geo) May 2007: Hugh Vyvyan (vs. Tun) Jun 2007: Hugh Vyvyan (vs. Esp) Dec 2007: Mark Regan (vs. SA) May 2008: Mark Regan (vs. Bel) May 2008: Morgan Turinui (vs. Ire) Jun 2008: Mark Regan (vs. Eng) Dec 2008: John Smit (vs. Aus) May 2009: Martin Corry (vs. Eng) Jun 2009: Phil Waugh (vs. Aus) Dec 2009: Victor Matfield (vs. NZ) May 2010: Xavier Rush (vs. Eng) Jun 2010: Xavier Rush (vs. Ire) Dec 2010: Matt Giteau (vs. SA) May 2011: Sergio Parisse (vs. Eng) Jun 2011: Sergio Parisse (vs. Wal) Nov 2011: Victor Matfield (vs. Aus) May 2012: John Smit (vs. Eng) May 2012: Mick O'Driscoll (vs. Ire) Jun 2012: John Smit (vs. Wal) May 2013: Mike Tindall (vs. Eng) Jun 2013: Sergio Parisse (vs. Lions) Jun 2014: Juan Manuel Leguizamón (vs. Eng) Nov 2014: Alastair Kellock (vs. Aus) May 2015: Shane Jennings (vs. Ire) Jun 2015: Brad Thorn (vs Eng) Aug 2015: Bakkies Botha (vs Sam) Nov 2015: Victor Matfield (vs. Arg)

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