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South Sydney has been rocked by the death of 2014 grand final winner Kyle Turner.
Turner, just 31, passed away suddenly in his home town of Coonabarabran this week.
A popular player who represented both NSW Country and the Indigenous All Stars, Turner had a fairytale rise to rugby league fame.
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He was signed with the Bunnies in 2014 after being discovered by club scouts playing in his bush home and went on to play 25 games in his maiden season – including the historic grand final win over Canterbury.
He was a regular in the Souths team from 2014 until 2019, playing nearly 100 top grade games, before a serious neck injury brought a premature end to his career.
He returned home to Coonabarabran and made a brief comeback with the local team before turning his hand to school teaching.
“Kyle was a quiet kid but everyone at the club loved him – he was one of the good ones,” a Rabbitohs official told Wide World of Sports.
Souths are expected to make an official announcement on his passing this afternoon.
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