DOB: 28 January 2002
From: Murray Bushrangers/Albury, selection #24, 2021 Mid-Season Draft
First game: Round 13, 2022 against Collingwood at MCG.
Number: 42 (2021 list, 2022-)
Honours:
2022 VFL premiership player
Games: 18* (to end 2024)
Goals: 17*
Career stats
Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
8 | 0 | 10 | 44.4 |
19-year-old key position intercepting defender selected with Melbourne's final pick in the 2021 Mid-Season Draft. Didn't play a game in a first season interrupted by the COVID-related cancellation of the VFL.
Turner came off the bench in the 2022 pre-season match against Carlton but suffered a foot injury. His senior debut was similarly ill-fated, playing three quarters as a replacement for the suspended Steven May before being forced out of the game with a concussion and facial facture. He didn't play another game for the year, but received a two year contract extension and played in Casey's 2022 VFL premiership side.
He played two further games in 2023, in Round 8, then as a surprise call-up for the last game of the season but couldn't hold his spot for the following finals. Turner was elevated to the senior list for 2024, but missed the early rounds with a hip injury. After a week in the VFL, he returned to the senior side in Round 6, and kicked three goals while playing his first AFL game as a forward.
In July 2024, Turner signed a two year contract extension, and finished the year established in Melbourne's forward line. In the second last game of the year he kicked a career best four goals.
Year | Games | Goals | Brownlow |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 15 | 17 | 0 |
Tribunal record
Round | Charge | Sanction | |
Round 15, 2024 | Engaging in a melee | $1250 fine |
Lists
Interstate recruits
Media
melbournefc.com.au - 03/06/2021, 05/07/2022, 12/07/2024
AFL Draft Central - 03/06/2021