 number 11 or 12, or more usually , i.e.number 13, and coached at club level for Castleford, Leeds and Wakefield Trinity.Turner played his early rugby league at Cathedral Boys School, Wakefield, then Alverthorpe Youth Club, Balne Lane ARLFC, Ossett ARLFC, and Shaw Cross ARLFC, he began his professional rugby league career at Hull Kingston Rovers.