Andrew Turner (born 16 February 2002) is an English

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player, currently playing for the and . His preferred position is

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Early career

Turner attended

Filton College Filton is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, north of Bristol. Along with nearby Patchway and Bradley Stoke, Filton forms part of the Bristol urban area and has become an overflow settlement for the city. Filton Church d ...

and played for Weston-super-Mare RFC before joining the

Bristol Bears Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club or Bristol Rugby) are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 18 ...

academy.

Professional career

Turner joined the

academy in 2020. He made his debut in the

2021–22 Premiership Rugby Cup The 2021–22 Premiership Rugby Cup is the 49th season of England's national rugby union cup competition and the third under the new Premiership Rugby Cup format following the disbanding of the Anglo-Welsh Cup at the end of the 2017–18 seaso ...

, before making a further two appearances in the 2022–23 Premiership Rugby Cup. During this period he was dual-registered with Ding Crusaders RFC. In early 2023, Turner moved to New Zealand to represent Sumner RFC, who have a partnership with Bristol Bears. Due to an injury crisis at the , Turner was a late inclusion in their side for Round 11 against the , making his debut in the same fixture. Turner represented England U20 in the

2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship The 2022 Six Nations Under 20s Championship is the 15th Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. England are the defending champions winning all five matches in the last tournement. Participa ...

References

External links

itsrugby.co.uk Profile
Living people English rugby union players Rugby union props Bristol Bears players Crusaders (rugby union) players 2002 births {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub