George Turner rugby player
George Turner rugby player

George Turner

8th Oct 1992 1.80m/106kg Hooker

Gregor Townsend sympathetic after concussion ruins Dave Cherry’s World Cup dream

8 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Gregor Townsend expressed sympathy for Dave Cherry after the veteran hooker’s first World Cup was brought to a premature end following a fall down the stairs at Scotland’s team hotel.   It...

Dempsey preferred to Matt Fagerson - Scotland name team to play South Africa

8 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has announced his squad to face South Africa in Marseille on Sunday with Jack Dempsey edging out Matt Fagerson to start at number eight. 1 Pierre Schoeman2 George Turner3...

Gregor Townsend: It is time for Scotland to raise their game ahead of World Cup

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Gregor Townsend has called on Scotland to take their game “up to another level” in their final World Cup warm-up match against Georgia on Saturday as he dismissed any notion of wrapping his...

Stuart McInally to retire after omission from Scotland’s Rugby World Cup squad

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stuart McInally’s rugby career is over after the long-serving Edinburgh hooker was one of four players cut from Scotland’s 33-man World Cup squad.   The 33-year-old, who captained the...

Jamie Ritchie captains Scotland as Gregor Townsend names his RWC squad

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Head coach Gregor Townsend has today named his 33-player squad for the upcoming Rugby World Cup 2023, to be held in France from next month. Captain Jamie Ritchie leads a selection comprising...

Scotland’s World Cup squad announcement looms – who is in danger of missing out?

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Gregor Townsend has said that the last four players to leave the squad will be a tighthead prop, a hooker, a back-row and a scrum-half.   Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend announces his 33-man...

Scotland boss ‘confident’ Ben White will make World Cup despite injury setback

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Gregor Townsend is confident Ben White will be fit for the Rugby World Cup even though the Scotland scrum-half has not travelled to France for this Saturday’s warm-up match in Saint-Etienne.   The...

Ritchie returns as Scotland make 6 changes to face France

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Jamie Ritchie is back to lead Scotland as one of the six changes to Gregor Townsend’s starting line-up for this Saturday’s return leg against France in Saint Etienne.   Following...

Scotland Rugby World Cup Training Squad Update

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Following yesterday’s 25-21 victory over France, Gregor Townsend has reduced his Rugby World Cup training squad to 37.   Stafford McDowall, Adam Hastings, Cameron Henderson...

Darge To Captain Scotland Against Italy

10 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Rory Darge will lead Scotland for the first time as they take on Italy in the opening game of Nations Series at Murrayfield on Saturday. The 23-year-old Glasgow Warriors flanker earned...