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 % | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
Overall | 1969-1974 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
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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 | |||
Overall | 1970-1976 | 107 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 49 | 58 | 0 | 45.79% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
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.
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.
24/12/2023
Played for Nerang after leaving Sydney along with a former Cronulla teammate Chris Wellman.
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