Match report Ventnor Rugby Club 2XV 29-28 Fawley Rugby Club 2XV Saturday 11 October 2025 Hampshire Premiership South League 2025-26 – Merit Table Still fresh from the summer hiatus following last weekend’s walkover, captain Jack Rushton headed a strong squad with a blend of new talent and returning experience as Ventnor 2s hosted a young
Match report Ventnor Rugby Club President’s XV v Ventnor Rugby Club Chairman’s XV Sat 20 Sept 2025 Saturday 20 September 2025 This inter-club game represented the final warm up game for Ventnor before the leagues start on 4th October. In front of good crowd at Watcombe Bottom, the chairman’s team led by the ubiquitous Joe
Match report Ventnor Rugby Club Combined XV 55-7 Lymington Mariners Rugby Club Pre-Season Friendly Saturday 13 September 2025 Ventnor continued their pre-season warm up with a home friendly game against Lymington Mariners This was the performance that had been building throughout this pre-season when all the hard work from the coaches and players came together
Match report Lymington Mariners Rugby Club 26-5 Ventnor Rugby Club Combined XV Pre-Season Friendly Saturday 6 September 2025 Ventnor continued their pre-season warm up with a friendly game at Lymington Mariners where the Islanders continued to experiment with their new formations and style of play. At kick off it was obvious that Lymington’s game plan
Match report Pre-season Friendly Ventnor RFC Combined XV v Sandown and Shanklin RFC Combined Friday 22 August 2025 Ventnor shine in ‘Friday night lights’ Pre-season. The sea off Ventnor may have been calm, but at Watcombe Bottom it was anything but, as Ventnor and Sandown and Shanklin RFC Hurricanes served up a storm in a
Match Report Pre-season Friendly Romsey Rugby Club 36-12 v Ventnor Rugby Club Saturday 9 August 2025 Saturday 9 August 2025 A series of malevolent diversions and a cunningly positioned low bridge meant that Ventnor missed some valuable warm up time before this friendly pre-season game at Romsey RFC and it was the Division 2 team
Match report Ventnor Rugby Club 2XV v Sandown and Shanklin Rugby Club 2XV Saturday 15 March 2025 Saturday 15th March 2025 Hampshire Premiership South 2024-25 – Merit Table In their last game of the 2024-25 season, in the Hampshire Premiership South – Merit Table league, Ventnor RFC 2XV had a local derby against Sandown and
Match report Ventnor Rugby Club 2XV v Chichester Rugby Club 3XV Saturday 15 February 2025 Hampshire Premiership South 2024-25 – Merit Table In their penultimate game of the 2024-25 season, in the Hampshire Premiership South – Merit Table league, Ventnor RFC 2XV won against Chichester RFC 3XV. After a tremendous performance in a losing cause
Match report Results Ventnor Rugby Club 2XV v Fareham Heathens Rugby Club 2XV Sat 8 February 2025 Hampshire Premiership South League – Merit Table 2024-25 Fareham Heathens came across to Watcombe with a strong team built around an excellent axis at 8,9 and 10, some fleet-footed backs and a set of powerful forwards. Ventnor were
Match report Ventnor Rugby Club 2XV 33-22 Tottonians Rugby Club 3XV Saturday 18 January 2025 Hampshire Premiership South – Merit Table 2024-25 An exceptional all-court performance by Ventnor’s 2nd XV resulted in a hard-fought victory against a strong Tottonians 3rds in this Hampshire Premier South league match. Skipper Jack Rushton was exhorting his team to
Match report Ventnor Rugby Club 2XV v Millbrook Rugby Club 2XV Saturday 11 January 2025 Hampshire Premiership South League – Merit Table Ventnor looked to kick off 2025 with a win at home to top of the table Millbrook at Watcombe Bottom. Captain Jack Rushton named a 27 man strong team for this clash against
Match report Tottonians RFC 3XV 21-15 Ventnor RFC 2XV Saturday 30 November 2024 Hampshire Premiership South League – Merit Table 2024-25 A Saturday that was supposed to be a weekend off turned into a tough away fixture for the Ventnor second team following the re-scheduling of a fixture due to be played on November 9th
Match report VentnorRFC 2XV 26-34 New Milton RFC 2XV Saturday 16 November 2024 Hampshire Premiership South – Merit Table After a long wait Ventnor Lions finally had a home game and this gave skipper Jack Rushton the luxury of having a squad of some 24 players and with a lot of rolling substitutions the whole
Millbrook RFC 2nd XV v Ventnor RFC 2nd XV Hampshire Premiership South Eastleigh 26th October 2024 Result: Millbrook 70 – 7 Ventnor Ventnor 2nd XV travelled the short distance to Millbrook looking to put up a good fight against an in-form team but with a reduced squad struggling with injuries it wasn’t to be. Ventnor
Match report Fareham Heathens RFC 75-14 Ventnor RFC 2XV Hampshire Premiership South Merit Table 12 October 2024 Ventnor 2nd team arrived on the mainland with only 12 players following some late withdrawals. They managed to collect 3 guest players before kick-off only to come up against a well drilled & fitter Fareham Heathens 2nd XV,
Match Report Chichester RFC 3XV 48-12 Ventnor RFC 2XV Hampshire Premiership South League 2024-25 Saturday 21 September 2024 Match report by Ewan Castle Ventnor 2XV kicked off their campaign with a 48-12 loss to a well drilled Chichester RFC 3XV Chichester started off on the front foot with an early try but this was short
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 an appearance to survey what they created all those years
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. A number of the original club members joined in the
Ventnor RFC 2XV 75-0 Portsmouth RFC 3XV match report Counties 5 Hampshire South West Saturday 6 April 2024 Portsmouth RFC 3nd XV travelled to Ventnor for the final game of the season – a game which would ultimately decide whether the Ventnor Lions squad would take home a silver or a bronze medal in their
New Milton RFC 2XV 29-19 Ventnor RFC 2XV match report Counties 5 Hampshire South West, Saturday 16 March 2024 Without a game since before Christmas due to teams not travelling to the Island,Ventnor 2nd XV had to resort to extra training sessions to prepare for this top-of-the-table clash against their unbeaten New Milton RFC 2XV
Match report Ventnor Rugby Club 2XV 29-28 Fawley Rugby Club 2XV Saturday 11 October 2025 Hampshire Premiership South League 2025-26 – Merit Table Still fresh from the summer hiatus following last weekend’s walkover, captain Jack Rushton headed a strong squad with a blend of new talent and returning experience as Ventnor 2s hosted a young
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 an appearance to survey what they created all those years
