My Life in Rugby with Stu Turner: ‘I thought England call was a wind-up’

The former England, Waterloo, Orrell, Worcester, Rotherham and Sale Sharks prop Stu Turner

Triple top: Stu Turner won three caps for England
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WHEN Andy Robinson rang to say I was in the England squad for the 2006 Autumn Internationals, I thought it was a wind-up and I didn’t tell anyone so not to embarrass myself. I was convinced it was a mate of mine doing an impression of Robbo and it was only when it was announced on Teletext that I believed it. I’d been on Churchill Cup tours the two previous years but I thought that was it, I’d reached my peak, so it came as a ...

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