George Turner
Full nameGeorge Edward Turner
Date of birth (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 31)
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight106 kg (234 lb; 16 st 10 lb)
SchoolStewart's Melville College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Glasgow Warriors
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2018 Edinburgh 12 (0)
2016–2017 → London Scottish (loan) 6 (5)
2017–2018 → Glasgow Warriors (loan) 18 (20)
2018– Glasgow Warriors 71 (55)
Correct as of 24 June 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2012 Scotland U20 10 (0)
2017– Scotland 43 (50)
Correct as of 25 February 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]

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 team Year Apps Tries
Scotland 2017 2 0
2018 3 4
2019 4 1
2020 3 1
2021 8 1
2022 10 1
2023 10 2
2024 3 0
Total 43 10


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.

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Sporting positions Preceded byFinlay Gillies John Macphail ScholarshipGrant Gilchrist, Harry Leonard, George Turner 2011 Succeeded byJonny Gray, Gregor Hunter


Scotland squad – 2019 Rugby World Cup
Glasgow Warriors – current squad
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