Ron Turner

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 6th February, 1945
Current Age
79 years and 41 days

Biography

Cronulla hooker, originally from Gunnedah, earned the honour of being the club's first Australian representative player in 1970. Selected in the World Cup squad that went to England Ron Turner was a member of the Australian team that upset favourites Great Britain in the final at Leeds. He was later a part of the historic Cronulla team that lost to Manly in another ferocious clash, the 1973 grand final. The following year he made his only Test appearance when recalled to the Australian side (after a great game for NSW against the Lions) and played in the deciding Test of the 1974 Ashes series, which Australia won 22-18.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Craven Mild Cup 12 1 -   - 3 6 5 1 50.00% List
NRL 107 12 -   - 36 49 58 0 45.79% List
Endeavour Cup 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
World Cup 3 1 -   - 3 2 1 0 66.67% List
City vs Country Firsts 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NRL Finals 4 - -   - - 2 2 0 50.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Test Series 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
The Ashes 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
National Panasonic Cup 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1970, 1974 4 1 -   - 3 3 1 0 75.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1970 3 1 -   - 3 2 1 0 66.67% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Country Seconds 1969 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1971 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1972, 1974 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
Overall1969-1974 4 0 0   0 - 3 1 0 75.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Cronulla NSWRFL 1970 16 2 -   - 6 7 9 0 43.75% List
Cronulla NSWRFL 1971 9 3 -   - 9 4 5 0 44.44% List
Cronulla NSWRFL 1972 18 2 -   - 6 7 11 0 38.89% List
Cronulla NSWRFL 1973 24 3 -   - 9 18 6 0 75.00% List
Cronulla NSWRFL 1974 20 2 -   - 6 9 11 0 45.00% List
Cronulla NSWRFL 1975 9 - -   - - 3 6 0 33.33% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1976 11 - -   - - 1 10 0 9.09% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Cronulla 1970-75 96 12 -   - 36 48 48 0 50.00% List
Newtown 1976 11 - -   - - 1 10 0 9.09% List
Overall1970-1976 107 12 0   0 36 49 58 0 45.79% List

Your Say

  • Norm Fairbairn
    17/03/2016

    Only a broken leg stopped him touring NZ with the Kangaroos in 1971. Copped an absolute belting in 1970 World Cup final but played a great game.

  • Anonymous
    13/08/2022

    Great player.
    Even better bloke.
    For many years we caught up in the mornings at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast.
    Ronny was there almost every day.

  • Ed
    24/12/2023

    Played for Nerang after leaving Sydney along with a former Cronulla teammate Chris Wellman.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio