 Alongside fellow Wakefield Trinity players, Neil Fox, Harold Poynton, Gerry Round, and Jack Wilkinson, Turner was selected for the Great Britain squad to play in 1962 tour of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.This Great Britain team would be the nearest to achieving a 3-0 Ashes whitewash of the Kangaroos on Australian turf to date.In Australia, Turner scored a try in the 31-12 victory in the first Test at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, rested for the 17-10 victory in the second Test in the Gabba, Brisbane (Attendance 34,786), Turner returned for the third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney.