Josh Turnbull
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Joshua "Josh" Turnbull is a Wales
international rugby union
player, who currently plays as a flanker
for the Scarlets in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Llanelli RFC
in the Principality Premiership
.
Turnbull has represented Wales at U18, U19 and U20 levels; he has participated in the last two IRB U19 World Championships, scoring a try against Scotland in 2006 and representing his country in all five of Wales' games in the 2006–07 season, including the Division A semi-final against New Zealand. He was in the Wales U20
squad for the 2008 Under-20 Six Nations.
In January 2011 he was named the Wales national rugby union team
squad for the 2011 Six Nations Championship
and made his international debut 12 February 2011 in the 24-6 win against Scotland as a second-half replacement.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
international rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player, who currently plays as a flanker
Flanker (rugby union)
A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
for the Scarlets in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Llanelli RFC
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
in the Principality Premiership
Welsh Premier Division
The Welsh Premier Division is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented by the Welsh Rugby Union for the 1990–91 season.-Competition history:...
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Turnbull has represented Wales at U18, U19 and U20 levels; he has participated in the last two IRB U19 World Championships, scoring a try against Scotland in 2006 and representing his country in all five of Wales' games in the 2006–07 season, including the Division A semi-final against New Zealand. He was in the Wales U20
Wales national under-20 rugby union team
The Wales national Under 20 rugby team is for Welsh rugby union players aged 20 or under on January 1 of the year during which they are selected....
squad for the 2008 Under-20 Six Nations.
In January 2011 he was named the Wales national rugby union team
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
squad for the 2011 Six Nations Championship
2011 Six Nations Championship
The 2011 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2011 RBS 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 12th series of the Six Nations Championship. The annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy,...
and made his international debut 12 February 2011 in the 24-6 win against Scotland as a second-half replacement.