Torquay Rugby Club

🏉 🇫🇯 𝙱𝙴𝙽 𝚂𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙿𝙻𝙴𝚂 𝚂𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝚃𝙾 𝙿𝙻𝙰𝚈 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙵𝙻𝚈𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙵𝙸𝙹𝙸𝙰𝙽𝚂 🇫🇯 🏉

Tics player Ben had the amazing honour of being asked to play with the Flying Fijians at the weekend. Here's what he had to say about his experience...

"Being selected to play for the Flying Fijian legends up at Neath RFC ( Welsh prem ) was a fantastic day of culture, rugby and sunshine. A quality day had by all and another feather in the cap for me! Also good for Torquay having a player represent the club in such a big game!"

Well done, Ben - what an achievement! 👏🏼

🏉 💚 𝚃𝙸𝙲𝚂 𝚁𝙴𝙿𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝙳𝙴𝚅𝙾𝙽 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙵 💚 🏉

Tics players Matt Ellis-Hawkins, Sam French and Harvey Dent donned the green shirts for Devon Deaf yesterday, playing against Devon & Cornwall Police.

The game saw a try for Harvey and 3 conversations for Matty. Well done, all! 👏🏼

❗️🏉💥 𝚄𝙿𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙶𝚄𝙴 𝙵𝙸𝚇𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙴𝚂 - 𝙴𝚇𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚂 💥🏉❗️

Some small changes to the league fixtures with 2 September games being slotted into previous bye weeks. ( * denotes double header Cup games)

❗️🏉💥 𝚄𝙿𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙶𝚄𝙴 𝙵𝙸𝚇𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙴𝚂 - 𝟷𝚂𝚃 𝚇𝚅 💥🏉❗️

Some small changes to the league fixtures with 2 September games being slotted into previous bye weeks. ( * denotes double header Cup games)

❗️🏉💥 𝚄𝙿𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝙿𝚁𝙴-𝚂𝙴𝙰𝚂𝙾𝙽 𝙵𝚁𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙳𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚂 💥🏉❗️

Following the RFU guidance, we have had to make a few minor changes. The first ones being the pre-season friendlies , which will now be played as follows:

🗓 Sat 5th Sep
🏉 Ivybridge v TARFC XV
📍 Ivybridge RFC, PL21 0LR
🕝 Kick Off 2.30pm

🗓 Sat 12th Sep
🏉 Teignmouth v TARFC XV
📍 Teignmouth RFC, TQ14 9DQ
🕒 Kick Off 3pm

🗓 Sat 19th Sep
🏉 TARFC Extras v New Cross
📍 Torquay RFC, TQ2 6NX
🕧 Kick Off 12.30pm

🗓 Sat 19th Sep
🏉 TARFC 1st XV v Brixham II
📍 Torquay RFC, TQ2 6NX
🕒 Kick Off 3pm

Let's all get behind the lads as they get back to the pitch ahead of the new season! 🏉👏🏼

🏉 📸 𝙿𝙷𝙾𝚃𝙾𝚂 - 𝙰𝙻𝙱𝙸𝙾𝙽 𝚆𝚇𝚅 𝚟 𝚃𝙰𝚁𝙵𝙲 𝚆𝚇𝚅 𝟸𝟸/𝟶𝟾/𝟸𝟼 📸 🏉

Some photos of our wonderful ladies and their coaches at Plymouth Albion 🏉

🏉 💥 𝙲𝙾𝙰𝙲𝙷'𝚂 𝙲𝙾𝚁𝙽𝙴𝚁 (𝚆𝚇𝚅) - 𝙰𝙻𝙱𝙸𝙾𝙽 𝚟 𝚃𝙰𝚁𝙵𝙲 𝟸𝟸/𝟶𝟾/𝟸𝟼 💥 🏉

Albion WXV 20 - 24 TARFC WXV

We caught up with Womens Head Coach Ben after the game yesterday and this is what he had to say...

"Torquay ladies had their second pre-season outing to Plymouth Albion in what was an energetic and exciting game of rugby to watch.

Our ladies worked incredibly hard making the fixes needed from the previous fixture away to Okehampton, which definitely showed on the pitch this weekend.

Albion were a good physical side who certainly gave us stuff to think about, and they tested us within the game, but our ladies rose to the challenge and again created another little piece of club history with our first WXV game win ever!

There were so many great individual performances but this weekend we connected and put out our best performance yet as a team.

Our travelling support was nothing less than special. The Torquay noise from the stands was dominant and remained that way through the entire 80 minutes. A massive thank you to our supporters from myself, all staff and players.

🏉 Forward of the match:
This went to Meg Swift - she was relentless in the lineout, aggressive in D and carried with utter intent, giving Albion defenders a lot of work in order to take her down. A solid performance.

🏉 Back of the match:
This went to Leah Harman - it’s never easy playing 10 in a new group, but Leah made it look seamless with great use off the boot, controlling the game and showcasing her skillset with ease. Leah directed the forwards, opened channels for the backs, and defended like it was personal. Another great performance.

To sign it off, I personally couldn’t be prouder of our ladies and of our club... we have certainly started to gel and I look forward to our first outing at the Rec - that will be another big day to remember!" B.S

🏉 💥 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗦 & 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗥𝗦 💥 🏉

Our WXV had their second pre-season friendly today at Plymouth Albion and came away with a win! Final score 20-24. Here are your scorers...

T. Alisha Hackman x 2 (available to sponsor)
T. Leah Hackman ( Deloitte Digital )
T. Maya Hanauer ( Drop Bear Inc. )

C. Maya Hanauer ( Drop Bear Inc. )
C. Leah Harman ( available to sponsor)

What an amazing game! Well done, ladies - we can't wait to see what the rest of the season brings! 🏉 👏🏼

A big thank you to everyone who came along to support 👏🏼 Keep your eyes peeled for photos tomorrow! 📸

🏉 💥 𝗪𝗫𝗩 𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗗 - 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗩 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗫𝗩 💥 🏉

Here is your WXV squad for tomorrow's friendly against Plymouth Albion WXV at Brickfields...

Travelling support is welcomed, let's get behind our ladies! The game will take place at 6.30pm after the Albion mens game. Please note, if you are attending early to watch the mens game, you will need to pay the admittance fee.

Go well, ladies! 🏉 💥

🏉 𝚃𝙰𝚁𝙵𝙲 𝚆𝚇𝚅 - 𝙵𝚁𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙳𝙻𝚈 - 𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙷𝙰𝙼𝙿𝚃𝙾𝙽 𝟷𝟼/𝟶𝟾/𝟸𝟼 🏉

We caught up with Womens Head Coach Ben after their friendly on Sunday at Okehampton...

"The WXV had their first pre-season outing down in Okehampton at the weekend. This was the ladies first proper 15’s game and full 80 minutes.

The women put a good first shift in, slowly finding their feet and showing great glimpses of what’s to come, with some strong individual performances and great team interplay. This was a great first battle and our players should be proud!

Special mentions:

👏🏼 Back of the match - Harri Smith
Despite being our smallest player, Harri is becoming a giant in defence and keeping a calm controlled pace to our game from 9.

👏🏼 Forward of the match - Kharis Hole
With exceptional line breaks, dominant carries and and enforcing in defence, this was a great first outing as a debutant for Torquay.

We came away having gained valuable experience, a lot of positives and some great work-ons. Credit to Oakhampton - they were a very well organised and well-drilled team and put on one hell of a showcase of rugby!

That being said, our ladies showed some great elements and taught us what our work-ons are, which we will address in the coming weeks and next pre-season fixtures. Again, another proud moment for the club and we are building nicely going into our first season.

We go again this weekend [Sat 22nd] at Plymouth Albion, KO 18:30pm at Brickfields after the Albion men’s game.

It would be great to get some travelling support and get behind the ladies!" B.S

🏉 Final score - Okehampton 46 - 5 Torquay
🏉 Try - Maya Hanauer 👏🏼