Steven Turnbull (born 10 April 1987) is a former Scottish rugby union player who played for

Edinburgh Rugby Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh play ...

in the

Pro12 The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. The current name was adopted in 2021 when the league expanded to include four South Afr ...

from 2008 until 2013.

Early life

Turnbull was educated at

Dunblane High School Dunblane (, gd, Dùn Bhlàthain) is a small town in the council area of Stirling in central Scotland, and inside the historic boundaries of the county of Perthshire. It is a commuter town, with many residents making use of good transport links ...

and

Strathallan School Strathallan School is an independent boarding and day school in Scotland for boys and girls aged 7–18. The school has a campus at Forgandenny, a few miles south of Perth. School roll The school has 73 full-time staff, and 18 part-time staff ...

, Turnbull put his studies in sport and exercise science at

Napier University , mottoeng = Without knowledge, everything is in vain , established = 1992 – granted University status 1964 – Napier Technical College , type = Public , academic_staff = 802 , administrative_staff = 562 , chancellor = Will Whitehorn , ...

on hold during his apprenticeship.

Rugby career

Turnbull played for Caledonia under-16 and under-18 and Scotland under-18A and under-18. He also represented his country at basketball in the under-16 and under-18 groups. He was named Scotland Under-19 Player of the Year at the Scottish Rugby Awards Dinner in May 2006. Injury prevented his participation in other shadow Six Nations matches until the final game against France in March 2007. He joined Edinburgh as a full-time professional during the summer of 2008 after graduating from the National Academy. He made his debut two years previously as a replacement in the draw with

Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...

in the Celtic League match in

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in September, and his first start followed two months later against

Cardiff Blues Cardiff Rugby ( cy, Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby competitions. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms ...

at Murrayfield. Turnbull formed a lock partnership with

Richie Vernon Richie Vernon (born 7 July 1987) is a former Scotland international rugby union player with London Scottish. He previously was with Glasgow Warriors, playing for the Glasgow side over two spells. He has also previously played for the now defunc ...

in Scotland's four under-19 internationals in season 2005–06, before going on to play in four matches in the age group's world championship in Dubai. He added to his international honours by playing in the under-20 match against England at Bath in February 2007. He was named in the Scotland A squad for the

2010 IRB Nations Cup The 2010 IRB Nations Cup was the fifth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Argentina Jaguars, Italy A and Scot ...

. In October 2011, Edinburgh extended his contract. He missed four months of the season in early 2012 after surgery on an injured ankle. On 20 June 2013 he announced his retirement from rugby following a knee injury.

References

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