George Turner (rugby union)

George Turner
Full name George Edward Turner
Date of birth (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 102.5 kg (16 st 2 lb)
School Stewart's Melville College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–
2016–2017<br/r>2017–		 Edinburgh
→London Scottish<br/r>→Glasgow Warriors		 12
6<br/r>0		 (0)
(5)<br/r>(0)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–12 Scotland U20 10 (0)
Correct as of 1 August 2017

George Edward Turner (born 8 October 1992) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays hooker for Glasgow Warriors[1] on loan from Edinburgh Rugby. Both teams play in the Pro12.

Rugby Union career

Professional career

Turner made his Edinburgh Rugby debut off the bench in October 2014.[2]

On 27 July 2017 it was announced that Turner would be joining Glasgow Warriors on loan for the season 2017-18.[3]

International career

Turner received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad on 22 February 2016 for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.[4] However he was replaced in the squad by Fraser Brown on 7 March 2016.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors take George Turner on loan from Edinburgh". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "George Turner: Hooker describes 'frustrating' route to Scotland squad". BBC Sport. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Turner joins from Edinburgh - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
  4. ↑ "Scotland lose Blair Cowan & Sean Maitland". BBC Sport. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Six Nations 2016: Scotland recall Dunbar, Pyrgos & Brown". BBC Sport. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Finlay Gillies		 John Macphail Scholarship
Grant Gilchrist,
Harry Leonard,
George Turner
2011 		Succeeded by
Jonny Gray,
Gregor Hunter
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