Nathan Turner is an Australian

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player who played

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professionally for the

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and Oldham Bears and

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professionally for

Leinster Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...

. He is now a criminal defence lawyer and partner in the law firm Anderson Fredericks Turner.

Playing career

Turner originally played

as a fullback for the Sunnybank club in Brisbane. In 1994 he was selected for the Australian under-21 tour of Africa but withdrew due to his planned switch of codes the next year. Turner signed with the new

franchise in 1995 and played in their inaugural team on 11 March. However Turner did not establish himself and went on to play in only six matches over the next two seasons. In 1997 Turner joined the Oldham Bears in 1997's

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. However Turner returned to Queensland without playing a match after suffering a foot injury. In the late 1990s Turner coached

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rugby league club in the

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. He later managed a playing comeback in rugby union with Leinster and Blackrock College in Ireland. He currently works as a Barrister-at-Law in Queensland, Australia.

References

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