S5: Episode 4: John Turner

I know it has taken a while, but we have our first non-rugby guest! As Matt and I both said at the start of this series when we changed things up a little bit, we are looking to talk to people away from rugby. We want to hear stories and news from all different sporting walks of life. This week we are very fortunate to have just that. I get the chance to speak to young Hampshire fast bowler John Turner. John made the big move from South Africa to England 18 months ago to pursue his dream of playing professional cricket. Although this move was stalled by covid, something he claims was a blessing in disguise for his career, he has come to the UK and taken it by storm. In his first full season with Hampshire, John took 18 wickets in the Royal London One Day Cup and helped his team all the way to the semi final where they were only undone by a miraculous innings from one of the GOATS, Darren Stevens. In this episode I chat to John about that day, about the journey he has been on to get to this point, about his big move and also about the future. At the young age of 21 he has an incredible career ahead of him and its fascinating hearing what John has to say about his life so far. As well as this we hear all about his balance of University and cricket, who the father figure at Hampshire is and that big question, would Darren Stevens fit in at Hampshire? This is a little something different this week but it is one of our favourite episodes and so we hope you all enjoy it as much as we did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices