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Match report Ventnor Rugby Football Club 1XV 18-19 Eastleigh Rugby Football Club 2XV Saturday 8 March 2025 Counties 3 Hampshire league 2024-25 Another large crowd at Watcombe witnessed another terrific game of rugby which ended with a gut-wrenching loss for an unrelenting Ventnor 1st XV ...
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Match report Ventnor Rugby Club 1XV v Southampton Rugby Club Saturday 1st March 2025 Counties 3 Hampshire A sunny day and a large, vocal crowd provided the perfect backdrop to a pulsating game of rugby where no quarter was asked for or given. Ventnor started ...
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Match report Ventnor Rugby Club 1XV v Overton Rugby Club 1XV Friendly, Saturday 1st February 2025 Overton were not able to travel to with a full squad so – within Hampshire League protocols – the match was played as a thirteen versus thirteen friendly with ...
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Match report Romsey RFC 1XV 53-7 Ventnor RFC 1XV Saturday 18 January 2025 Counties 3 Hampshire 2024-25 It was a tough day at the office for Ventnor RFC 1XV when they travelled across the water to play Romsey RFC including for the first time the ...
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Match report Tottonians Rugby Club 2nd XV v Ventnor Rugby Club 1st XV Saturday 14 December 2024 Counties 3 Hampshire league 2024-25 Beset by the double blow of the sudden departure of their Director of Rugby and some late withdrawals, Ventnor could have been forgiven ...
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Match report Ventnor RFC 1XV v Southampton RRFC Saturday 16 November 2024 Counties 3 Hampshire league 2024-25 With a few players unavailable through injury and work, Ventnor travelled to Southampton with Callum Martin as their only substitute, but this didn’t prevent the Islanders put up ...
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Match report Ventnor RFC 1XV 22-13 Portsmouth RFC 2XV 9 November 2024 The game didn’t start well for Ventnor when – once again – running the ball out of defence left the ball carrier unsupported and Portsmouth were able to kick the consequent penalty. This ...
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Overton RFC 1XV v Ventnor RFC 1XV Hampshire Counties 3 League 26th October 2024 Result: Overton 7 – 24 Ventnor After a stuttering performance against Romsey the previous Saturday, Director of Rugby Neil Evans rang the changes in his squad by bringing in three debutants ...
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Ventnor 1st XV v Romsey 1st XV Hampshire Counties 3 League Watcombe Bottom, 19th October 2024 Result: Ventnor 19 – 45 Romsey After the great performance the previous Saturday, this was a disappointing loss to a Romsey team who showed that they were up for ...
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A convincing home win for Ventnor Rugby Club 1XV Match report Ventnor RFC 1XV 36-3 Christchurch RFC Counties 3 Hampshire League Saturday 21 October 2024 The old adage that “it’s the forwards who win matches whilst the backs decide by how many” was very apparent ...
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Match Report Ventnor RFC 1XV 17-24 Aldershot and Fleet RFC Hampshire Premiership South League 2024-25 Saturday 21 September 2024 at Watcombe Bottom Sports Centre Match report: James Morton Ventnor Rugby Club’s 1XV kicked off the new season with a highly promising performance against a strong Aldershot ...
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A Great Day at Watcombe Saturday 7 September 2024 Saturday 7 September 2024 Despite the unseasonable weather, there was a great start to our 50th Anniversary Celebrations yesterday with an excellent President’s XV v Chairman’s XV match with plenty of the the ‘older generation’ making ...
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Match report Ventnor RFC President’s XV v Ventnor RFC Chairman’s XV 7 September 2024 Saturday 7 September 2024 Ventnor Rugby Club kicked off their 50th anniversary season with a President’s XV versus a Chairman’s XV match which entertained a crowd who braved the unseasonal weather. ...
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Ventnor RFC 1XV 37-7 Portsmouth RFC 2XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 6 April 2024 With typical contrariness, Ventnor 1sts saved their best performance for the last game of the season with a comprehensive victory over an excellent Portsmouth RFC 2nd XV. Following on ...
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Ventnor RFC 1XV 26-37 Aldershot and Fleet RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 16 March 2024 Ventnor RFC 1XV’s sorry season continued with another game that the home team will feel they let slip away. The main inconsistencies, shown throughout the season, were ...
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Havant RFC 3XV 64-34 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 9 March 2024 An away trip to league leaders Havant RFC 3rds was always going to be a tough call for a Ventnor team struggling to put out a consistent starting XV. ...
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Ventnor RFC 1XV 29-13 Eastleigh Pirates RFC 2XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 17 February 2024 It was an unusual luxury for Ventnor to be able to pick from an almost full-strength squad for this Hampshire league encounter against a strong Eastleigh RFC 2XV ...
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Fareham Heathens RFC 1XV 51-0 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 3 February 2024 It was another tough day at the office for Ventnor RFC 1XV but – as ever with this team – there was so much to admire in their ...
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Ventnor RFC 1XV 26-13 Christchurch RFC match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 27 January 2024 In front of another good crowd at Watcombe which was boosted by a vocal travelling band from the visitors, Ventnor and Christchurch went at each other from the kick-off without either ...
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Romsey RFC 68-10 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 20 January 2024 After their excellent win the previous week, Ventnor’s 1sts travelled with a few enforced changes and lost out to an excellent Romsey RFC side who used the blustery conditions to ...
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Ventnor RFC 1XV 33-15 Alresford RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 13 January 2024 It was with some alarm that the large crowd at Watcombe watched Ventnor fluff their lines at the first kick off and go down to an early try against ...
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Andover RFC 2XV 80-0 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 6 January 2024 This season – as the song goes – if it wasn’t for bad luck Ventnor would have no luck at all! Despite their mid-week training kyboshed by impassible floods ...
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Ventnor RFC 1XV 8-32 Isle of Wight RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 16 December 2023 The Isle of Wight completed a deserved double over Ventnor when their 1st XVs met at Watcombe on Saturday. Ventnor kicked off and it was Harrison Marsh ...
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Ventnor RFC 1XV 12-12 Overton RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 9 December 2023 Ventnor came up short against a fired-up Overton RFC side, who travelled with thirteen players. The visitors played to their strengths which were in their pack and with their ...
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Aldershot and Fleet RFC 31-26 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 2 December 2023 There were real signs of progress as Ventnor’s 1st XV travelled to play Aldershot and Fleet RFC and suffered a narrow defeat in a game that could have ...
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Ventnor RFC 1XV 7-55 Fareham Heathens RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 25 November 2023 Ventnor’s season in Hampshire Counties Three continues to disappoint but the spirit of the team and its supporters remains high as the performances belie the difficult times the ...
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Ventnor RFC 1XV 0-29 Havant RFC 3XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 18 November 2023 With at least nine 1st XV regulars missing from the line-up including skipper Lewis Jones who is out until the new year with a hand injury, Ben Savill led ...
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Eastleigh RFC 2XV RFC 1XV 37 – 0 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 11 November 2023 Stricken by injuries, player unavailable and last-minute call-offs, Ventnor RFC 1XV mixed and matched their team and put on a strong performance against an Eastleigh ...
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Christchurch RFC 1XV 52 – 0 Ventnor RFC 1XV match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 21 October 2023 This was another disappointing day for Ventnor RFC 1XV who started well and put pressure on Christchurch’s line with another powerful performance from skipper Lewis Jones and ...
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Ventnor RFC 1XV 5-33 Romsey RFC match report Counties 3 Hampshire Saturday 14 October 2023 This game followed a pattern that is worryingly repeating itself this season where Ventnor get to halftime well in contention and with the momentum in their favour, only to watch ...
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