George Turner (rugby union)

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Rugby player

George Turner

Full name

George Edward Turner

Date of birth

(1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 32)

Place of birth

Edinburgh, Scotland

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

106 kg (234 lb; 16 st 10 lb)

School

Stewart's Melville College

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Hooker
Current team	Kobelco Kobe Steelers
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2013–2018	Edinburgh	12	(0)
2016–2017	→ London Scottish (loan)	6	(5)
2017–2018	→ Glasgow Warriors (loan)	18	(20)
2018–2024	Glasgow Warriors	71	(55)
2024-	Kobelco Kobe Steelers		()
Correct as of 24 June 2023
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(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.

Club career

Turner was drafted to Currie in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017-18 season.

Turner was drafted to Ayr in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.

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

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

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.

International career

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

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.

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. In 2023 Turner was selected in the 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

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	5	0
Total		45	10

References

"Glasgow Warriors take George Turner on loan from Edinburgh". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
"Glasgow Warriors | Pro-player draft". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
"Tennent's Premiership clubs decide pro-player draft | Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
"George Turner: Hooker describes 'frustrating' route to Scotland squad". BBC Sport. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
"Turner joins from Edinburgh - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
"Dragons Rugby v Glasgow Warriors". Glasgow Warriors. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
"Scotland lose Blair Cowan & Sean Maitland". BBC Sport. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
"Six Nations 2016: Scotland recall Dunbar, Pyrgos & Brown". BBC Sport. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
"Scotland 44-38 Samoa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
"Canada 10-48 Scotland: George Turner hat-trick sees Scots win". Sky Sports.
"Scotland squad named for Rugby World Cup 2023". Scottish Rugby Union.

External links

George E. Turner at European Professional Club Rugby
George E. Turner at Scottish Rugby Union
George E. Turner at ESPNscrum
George E. Turner at ItsRugby.co.uk
George Turner Edinburgh Rugby profile Archived 4 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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

v t e Glasgow Warriors – current squad
Forwards	Jamie Bhatti Gregor Brown Scott Cummings Rory Darge Allan Dell Jack Dempsey JP du Preez Matt Fagerson Zander Fagerson Angus Fraser Richie Gray Adam Hastings Gregor Hiddleston Johnny Matthews Nathan McBeth Ally Miller Fin Richardson Alex Samuel Patrick Schickerling Grant Stewart Rory Sutherland Sam Talakai Sione Vailanu Henco Venter Murphy Walker Max Williamson
Backs	Ben Afshar Sebastián Cancelliere Facundo Cordero Jamie Dobie George Horne Huw Jones Tom Jordan Sean Kennedy Stafford McDowall Josh McKay Duncan Munn Kyle Rowe Ollie Smith Kyle Steyn Logan Trotter Sione Tuipulotu Duncan Weir
Coach	Franco Smith

v t e Scotland squad – 2019 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Barclay Berghan Bradbury (replaced Watson) Brown Cummings Dell Fagerson Gilchrist Gray McInally (c) Nel Reid Ritchie Thomson Toolis Turner Watson (ruled out by injury) Wilson
Backs	Graham Harris Hastings Hogg G. Horne P. Horne Johnson Kinghorn Laidlaw Maitland Price (ruled out by injury) Pyrgos (replaced Price) Russell Seymour Taylor
Head coach: Townsend

v t e Scotland squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Ashman Bhatti Cherry Crosbie Cummings Darge Dempsey M. Fagerson Z. Fagerson Gilchrist Gray Matthews (replaced McInally) McInally (replaced Cherry) Nel Ritchie (c) Sebastian Schoeman Skinner Sutherland Turner Watson
Backs	Graham Harris Healy Horne Jones Kinghorn Price Redpath Russell Smith Steyn Tuipulotu Van der Merwe White
Head coach: Gregor Townsend

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