Jordan Turner
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| Turner while playing for Hull in 2010 | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Chitlin' | |||||
| Born | 9 January 1989 Oldham, England | |||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1] | |||||
| Weight | 15 st 13 lb (101 kg)[1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Centre, Loose forward, Stand-off | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2007–09 | Salford City Reds | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 2010–12 | Hull F.C. | 73 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
| 2013–16 | St Helens | 119 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 272 |
| 2017– | Canberra Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 229 | 100 | 14 | 2 | 430 | |
| Source: rleague.com | ||||||
Jordan Turner is an English professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Salford City Reds, Hull F.C. and St Helens in the English Super League.
Background
Born 9 January 1989 in Oldham, Turner attended the Radclyffe School.
Salford
Turner first joined Salford at the age of 14 from his amateur club Waterhead R.L.F.C. in Oldham. He captained the England under 18s team and was voted Academy Player and Young Player of the Year in 2007, before establishing himself in the Reds' first team for 2 seasons.
Hull
Turner joined Hull from Salford at the start of the 2010 season. The sought after signing is hoping for some successful years to come with Hull and has enjoyed runs at centre and stand off since throwing on the black and white jersey. Twice in 2012 Turner played for the England Knights team. In July 2012, Turner signed a 2-year contract with St Helens starting from 2013 season.[2]
St. Helens
Turner was voted St Helens Player of the Season for 2013. After 9 consecutive wins in the 2014 season (1 in the Challenge Cup) the Saints lost 2 consecutive games against Wigan and Widnes. Jordan was determined to make the club bounce back from two moral killer defeats. As of 24 April 2014, Jordan has scored three tries this season (all in the Super League) against Wigan, Catalans Dragons and Castleford. St. Helens reached the 2014 Super League Grand Final and Turner was selected to play at loose forward in their 14-6 victory over Wigan.[3]
Canberra Raiders
On 14 July 2016 he signed with NRL club Canberra Raiders for 2 seasons.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Jordan Turner St Helens". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "Jordan Turner". 4 July 2012.
- ↑ Cartwright, Phil (11 October 2014). "St Helens v Wigan as it happened". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ "Raiders sign Jordan Turner". NRL.com. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.