{"id":295055,"date":"2023-10-04T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295055"},"modified":"2023-10-04T13:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T13:26:00","slug":"george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"George Turner knows Scotland must find their \u2018best performance\u2019 against Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing<\/h3>\n

Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news<\/h3>\n

Thanks for signing up to the
Sport email<\/h2>\n

George Turner admitted Scotland must produce a much better performance against Ireland on Saturday than they managed in their opening World Cup game against South Africa.<\/p>\n

The Scots lost 18-3 against the Boks \u2013 ranked second in the world at the time \u2013 in Marseille last month.<\/p>\n

That defeat played a big part in Gregor Townsend\u2019s side finding themselves in a position whereby they must defeat the Irish with a bonus point in Paris this weekend or by denying the world\u2019s top-ranked team a losing bonus point if they are to progress to the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

Hooker Turner knows Scotland must prove this Saturday that they have learned lessons from their last meeting with one of the tournament\u2019s elite teams as they bid to produce what he feels will have to be one of their best-ever displays.<\/p>\n

Recommended<\/h3>\n


\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talk about performances and we gave ourselves maybe a six (out of 10) against South Africa,\u201d said Turner. \u201cWe really want to push our performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had opportunities against South Africa, we changed a few things up and it didn\u2019t quite click. The intensity, will and want was there and we\u2019ve been practising since then to make the performance better.<\/p>\n

Obviously it\u2019s a final for us, it\u2019s knock-out rugby against the best team in the world<\/p>\n

\u201cWe obviously need our best performance. We need to be nine or 10 out of 10 to beat the best teams in the world, especially Ireland in a World Cup where it\u2019s a must-win game for them as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turner admitted there is an extra buzz about the Scotland squad this week as the definitive game of their World Cup draws closer.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously it\u2019s a final for us, it\u2019s knock-out rugby against the best team in the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know them well. It\u2019s just a massive challenge that we are all heavily focused on.<\/p>\n

\u201cExcitement is building. We are getting the learning done, getting the game plan sorted and looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s more energy, more on the line. Boys will feel it a bit more. It\u2019s good for everyone \u2013 the guys who are playing, the guys who are not playing. Everyone in training is trying to give their best to support the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turner also reported that he had to overcome a nasty cut to his hand on the eve of the South Africa game while cutting bread with a knife.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cut my hand open and got four or five stitches,\u201d said the Glasgow hooker. \u201cIt just tugged a bit and I was like, \u2018that bread is a bit tough\u2019. It was my hand.<\/p>\n

Recommended<\/h3>\n


\n
\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe doctor said I had to go to hospital, which was a bit of panic stations, but it was fine. He sewed me up straight away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to bandage it during the game and it kept coming off which was a bit annoying, but it\u2019s fine now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up …<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nGeorge Turner knows Scotland must find their \u2018best performance\u2019 against Ireland - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"George Turner knows Scotland must find their \u2018best performance\u2019 against Ireland - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-04T13:26:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Turner-knows-Scotland-must-find-their-\u2018best-performance-against-Ireland.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/\",\"name\":\"George Turner knows Scotland must find their \u2018best performance\u2019 against Ireland - Sportstons\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-04T13:26:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-04T13:26:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rugby Union\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/rugby-union\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"George Turner knows Scotland must find their \u2018best performance\u2019 against Ireland\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstons\",\"description\":\"sportstons.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Dennis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dennis\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"George Turner knows Scotland must find their \u2018best performance\u2019 against Ireland - Sportstons","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"George Turner knows Scotland must find their \u2018best performance\u2019 against Ireland - Sportstons","og_description":"Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up …","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/","og_site_name":"Sportstons","article_published_time":"2023-10-04T13:26:00+00:00","author":"Dennis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/George-Turner-knows-Scotland-must-find-their-\u2018best-performance-against-Ireland.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dennis","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/","name":"George Turner knows Scotland must find their \u2018best performance\u2019 against Ireland - Sportstons","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-10-04T13:26:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-04T13:26:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/george-turner-knows-scotland-must-find-their-best-performance-against-ireland\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rugby Union","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/rugby-union\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"George Turner knows Scotland must find their \u2018best performance\u2019 against Ireland"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/","name":"Sportstons","description":"sportstons.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Dennis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dennis"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}