George Edward Turner (born 8 October 1992) is a Scottish professional

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player who plays as a hooker for

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club

Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ...

and the Scotland national team.

Club career

Turner was drafted to

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in the

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for the 2017-18 season. Turner was drafted to

Ayr Ayr (; sco, Ayr; gd, Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire council area and the historic county town of Ayrshire. With a population ...

in the

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

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

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in a 40-23 away win.

International career

Turner received his first call up to the senior

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squad on 22 February 2016 for the

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. 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

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. 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

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. In 2023 Turner was selected in the 33 player squad for the

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in France.

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External links

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George Turner Edinburgh Rugby profile
1992 births Living people Scottish rugby union players Edinburgh Rugby players People educated at Stewart's Melville College Glasgow Warriors players Currie RFC players Scotland international rugby union players Ayr RFC players London Scottish F.C. players Rugby union players from Edinburgh Rugby union hookers 2019 Rugby World Cup players 2023 Rugby World Cup players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub