Jordan Jamal Turner (born 9 January 1989) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre, stand-off, loose forward or winger for the Oldham RLFC (Heritage № 1487) in the RFL League 1 and the Jamaica national team.
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| Full name | Jordan Jamal Turner[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1989 Oldham, Greater Manchester, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 17 st 0 lb (108 kg)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Stand-off | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He has also represented the England Knights at international level. He previously played for the Salford City Reds, Hull F.C. (Heritage № 1067), St Helens (Heritage № 1199) and the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He spent time with the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League, earning a place in the World All Stars team in 2017.
Background
editTurner was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. He attended the Radclyffe School.
His mother was born in Wollongong in Australia while his grandparents are Jamaican.[6]
Playing career
editSalford City Reds
editTurner first joined Salford City Reds at the age of 14 from his amateur club Waterhead A.R.L.F.C. (in Waterhead, Greater Manchester, 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 Salford City Reds' first team for 2 seasons.
Hull FC
editTurner joined Hull F.C. from Salford City Reds at the start of the 2010 season. The sought after signing is hoping for some successful years to come with Hull F.C. 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.[7]
St. Helens
editTurner 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 Warriors and Widnes Vikings. 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 Tigers.
St Helens reached the 2014 Super League Grand Final, and Turner was selected to play at loose forward in their 14-6 victory over the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.[8][9][10][11]
Canberra Raiders
editOn 14 July 2016 he signed with NRL club the Canberra Raiders for two seasons.[12]
Huddersfield Giants
editOn 26 May 2017, it was announced that Turner had signed for Super League side the Huddersfield Giants on a three and a half year contract.[13] He made his début on Sunday 4 June against Warrington Wolves, scoring a try in the side's 44-4 home win.[citation needed]
Castleford Tigers
editIn November 2020, it was announced that Turner had signed for the Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 1005) on a one-year deal.[14][15]
In May 2021, Turner signed a new two-year deal with Castleford.[16] In the 2021 Challenge Cup semi-final, Turner scored a hat-trick as Castleford defeated Warrington 35-20.[17] On 17 July 2021, he played for Castleford in their 2021 Challenge Cup Final loss against St Helens.[18]
On 15 October 2021, Turner made his début for the Jamaica national team against the England Knights at Wheldon Road for his testimonial match.[19][20]Turner played 20 games for Castleford in the Super League XXVIII season and as the club finished 11th on the table narrowly avoiding relegation.[21]
Oldham RLFC
editOn 23 August 2023, it was announced that Turner had signed for his hometown club Oldham RLFC on a two-year deal in a player-coach role.[22]
References
edit- ^ FreeBMD Entry Information
- ^ "Jordan Turner Biography". Castleford Tigers. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Player Summary: Jordan Turner". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "NRL 2017: Canberra Raiders recruit Jordan Turner background heritage". Foxsports.com.au. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Jordan Turner". 4 July 2012.
- ^ "St Helens 14 Wigan Warriors 6: Moment of madness from Wales international Ben Flower costs Wigan dear". Daily Telegraph. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "St Helens win Grand Final after Wigan's Ben Flower is sent off". Guardian. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "St Helens 14–6 Wigan Warriors". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Huddersfield Giants". Giantsrl.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Jordan Turner: Castleford Tigers sign Huddersfield Giants centre". BBC Sport. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Craven, Dave (26 November 2020). "Castleford Tigers raid Huddersfield Giants again for Jordan Turner". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Jordan Turner: Utility back signs new two-year Castleford Tigers contract". Sky Sports. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Challenge Cup semi-final: Castleford Tigers beat Warrington 35-20 to set up St Helens final". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Challenge Cup: St Helens beat Castleford 26-12 for first Wembley victory since 2008". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Youthful England Knights defeat Jamaica". www.rugby-league.com. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Darbyshire, Drew (15 October 2021). "Jordan Turner on Jamaica, representing his roots & inspiring the next generation". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Castleford Tigers ace Alex Mellor delivers brutally honest assessment of 'awful' season; 'We've massively underperformed'". www.loverugbyleague.com.
- ^ "Jordan Turner: Super League stalwart to join hometown club in player-coach role in 2024". Love Rugby League. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.