Joins Bond Shark club

DOES reaching 200 caps for Bond University still get you a gold watch? Nick Turner is about to find out.

Turner (pictured) has joined Rubin Fuimaono as the only players to reach 200 games for the Bull Sharks and is curious to see how the club will celebrate his milestone.

“I know they gave him a gold watch (back in 2017), I don’t know if that offer still stands, I guess I’ll find out,” Turner said, only half jokingly.

The 29-year-old reached his milestone match last weekend against Souths Magpies at Chipsy Wood Oval.

He played in the reserves game, which although ended in a 23-point loss, did see Turner score a try.

He finished the day coming off the bench for the Bull Sharks in first grade who emerged 21-point victors.

His modesty was on show in the morning when he tried to hide from second grade captain Justin Bernstein who attempted to deliver a rousing speech.

The skipper also had to convince Turner to lead the team onto the field to mark the occasion.

“I told him no, you have to do this, this is your time in the limelight,” Bernstein said.

“There is no ego with him, how he is on the field is how he is off it. He’s a good bloke with a workman like attitude.”

The mates started their careers with the Breakers in colts in 2009 and stayed loyal to the club when it transitioned to Bond University in 2013.

Turner was the go-to premier grade hooker until this year, when work commitments combined with the acquisition of new players resulted in him playing second grade.

“At the end of the day I play rugby for fun, I don’t really do it for anything else,” he said.