Jordan Jamal Turner (born 9 January 1989) is a professional

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footballer who plays as a or er for

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and the Jamaica national team. He has also represented the

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at international level. He previously played for the

Salford City Reds The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, England. They play home games at Salford Community Stadium in Barton upon Irwell and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. Salford Red Devil ...

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, St Helens and the

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in the

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. He spent time with the

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in the

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, earning a place in the

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team in 2017.

Background

Turner was born in

Oldham Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers River Irk, Irk and River Medlock, Medlock, southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative cent ...

, Greater Manchester, England. He attended

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Playing career

Salford City Reds

Turner first joined Salford City Reds at the age of 14 from his amateur club Waterhead A.R.L.F.C. (in

Waterhead, Greater Manchester Waterhead (or archaically, Waterhead Mill), is an area of Oldham, and an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, an upland area in the Pennines, the ward of Waterhead ha ...

, 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. Jordan Turner

Hull FC

Turner 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 and since throwing on the black and white jersey. Twice in 2012 Turner played for the

team. In July 2012, Turner signed a 2-year contract with St. Helens starting from 2013 season.

St. Helens

Turner was voted St Helens ''Player of the Season'' for 2013. After 9 consecutive wins in the 2014 season (1 in the

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) the Saints lost 2 consecutive games against

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and

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. 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

) against Wigan,

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and

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. They play their home games at Wheldon Road (currently known as the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for sponsorship reasons) and compete in the Super League, t ...

. St Helens reached the

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, and Turner was selected to play at in their 14-6 victory over the

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Canberra Raiders

On 14 July 2016 he signed with NRL club the

for two seasons.

Huddersfield Giants

On 26 May 2017, it was announced that Turner had signed for

side the

on a three-and-a-half-year contract. He made his début on Sunday 4 June against

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, scoring a try in the side's 44-4 home win.

Castleford Tigers

In November 2020, it was announced that Turner had signed for the

on a one-year deal. In May 2021, Turner signed a new two-year deal with Castleford. In the

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semi-final, Turner scored a

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as Castleford defeated

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35-20. On 17 July 2021, he played for Castleford in their

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loss against St Helens. On 15 October 2021, Turner made his début for the Jamaica national team against the

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for his

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. Turner played 20 games for Castleford in the

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season and as the club finished 11th on the table narrowly avoiding relegation.

Oldham RLFC

On 23 August 2023, it was announced that Turner had signed for his hometown club

on a two-year deal in a player-coach role.

References

External links

Castleford Tigers profileHuddersfield Giants profile
*(archived by web.archive.org
SL profileSaints Heritage Society profile
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