George Turner (rugby player)

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
Playing career
Position Hooker
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013– Edinburgh 5 (0)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011–2012 Scotland U20 10 (0)
correct as of 12 November 2012.

George Edward Turner (born 8 October 1992) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays hooker for Edinburgh in the Pro12.

Career

He made his Edinburgh Rugby début off the bench late in the second half of the Guinness PRO12 match against Leinster in Dublin in October 2014, not at hooker but on the wing replacing Dougie Fife.

International

Turner received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad on 22 February 2016 for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.[1] However he was replaced in the squad by Fraser Brown on 7 March 2016.[2]

References

  1. "Scotland lose Blair Cowan & Sean Maitland". BBC Sport. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. "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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