Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 6th February, 1945
- Current Age
- 81 years and 52 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1974
- World Cup
- 1970
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1971
Biography
Cronulla hooker, originally from Gunnedah, earned the honour of being the club's first Australian representative player in 1970. Selected in the World Cup squad that went to England Ron Turner was a member of the Australian team that upset favourites Great Britain in the final at Leeds. He was later a part of the historic Cronulla team that lost to Manly in another ferocious clash, the 1973 grand final. The following year he made his only Test appearance when recalled to the Australian side (after a great game for NSW against the Lions) and played in the deciding Test of the 1974 Ashes series, which Australia won 22-18.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Monaro | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 107 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 49 | 58 | 0 | 45.79% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 24 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 54.17% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Endeavour Cup | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 144 | 16 | - | - | 48 | 78 | 77 | 1 | 54.17% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1970, 1974 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1970 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW Country Seconds | 1969 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1971 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1972, 1974 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Monaro | 1977 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1969-1977 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1970 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 43.75% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1971 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1972 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 38.89% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1973 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1974 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 45.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1975 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1976 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.09% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Cronulla | 1970-75 | 96 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | 1976 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.09% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1970-1976 | 107 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 49 | 58 | 0 | 45.79% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Wests Archives, AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello
Your Say
17 Mar 2016 4:38pm
Only a broken leg stopped him touring NZ with the Kangaroos in 1971. Copped an absolute belting in 1970 World Cup final but played a great game.
13 Aug 2022 9:11am
Great player.
Even better bloke.
For many years we caught up in the mornings at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast.
Ronny was there almost every day.
24 Dec 2023 7:13pm
Played for Nerang after leaving Sydney along with a former Cronulla teammate Chris Wellman.
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