'I thought that if I didn’t take the opportunity, I was probably going to regret it'

Mat Turner says he would have regretted not moving to America to continue his rugby career if he had passed up the chance to join current Major League Rugby champions Seattle Seawolves.

“I always had an idea in my head that I’d move to America and give it a go. I never thought it would be rugby,” said Seattle Seawolves fullback Mat Turner. “I had really wanted an opportunity to give back to the sport and I looked for a position where I can help build the team.”

South African-born Turner played for England Sevens, plying his trade on the Sevens Series circuit for six seasons and scoring 92 tries in that time. Turner was one of the most recognisable names in sevens rugby and it was at the end of his career in the shorter format of the game that Turner began to develop a relationship with Seattle-based rugby company Atavus.

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