Mathew Turner
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| Full name | Mathew Drew Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 January 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Bishops College, Cape Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cape Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Wing / Fullback | ||
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| Current team | Western Province | ||
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| 2007–2008 | Western Province | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2008 | UCT Ikey Tigers | 8 | (52) |
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2008–2010 | Bristol | 11 | (20) |
| 2015–present | Western Province | 4 | (0) |
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Correct as of 31 May 2015
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2009 | Kings | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2013 | England Sevens | 34 | (460) |
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Correct as of 1 April 2015
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Mathew Drew Turner (born 18 January 1988 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African-born rugby union player. He played rugby sevens for England on the Sevens World Series circuit between 2008 and 2013.
He currently plays for the Western Province and can play as a wing or fullback. He also previously had a stint with English Premiership side Bristol.
He attended Western Province Preparatory School in Claremont and then Bishops College. He was a member of the 2006 Bishops first XV which also included Nick Köster and Martin Muller; he finished as the top scorer in school rugby the country during 2006, scoring 286 points in 20 matches, which included 28 tries. He was overlooked for provincial selection, however, not being included in Western Province's squad for the 2006 Craven Week competition.
After finishing high school, he joined the Western Province Academy and represented the Western Province U19 side during the 2007 Under-19 Provincial Championship.
In 2008, he was included in the UCT Ikey Tigers team that played in the inaugural edition of the Varsity Cup competition. He made an immediate impact for the side, scoring two late tries after coming on as a replacement in the first ever match in the competition, a 17–23 defeat to NWU Pukke. He started all of their remaining seven matches in the competition, scoring a total of nine tries to finish as the top try scorer in the competition. His try-scoring feat also included a hat-trick against TUT Vikings and he contributed a further seven points with the boot to finish sixth in the overall points scoring charts.
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