Supporters’ Player of the Year 2022-23
Joined VRFC in?
2008
Active years playing at the club?
13
If several periods of playing at VRFC, with breaks in season, please state:
On and off
What position/s you play/ed for VRFC?
Flanker
What’s your favourite position to play?
Flanker
Your favourite professional rugby player
Owen Farrell
Your favourite UK rugby club?
Saracens
Your favourite international rugby team?
Saracens
Why do you play rugby?
Being part of a team
Most enjoyable part of playing rugby?
Comradery, winning and losing together and enjoying a beer after.
Least enjoyable part of playing rugby?
Bad weather
Who do you love/did you love playing with at Ventnor RFC?
Everyone
Most memorable club moment on the pitch and why?
It’s got to be the lastest game against Wooten. First game after covid restrictions and bought home the win. Great game and great result.
Most memorable club moment off the pitch and why?
So many late nights with the boys back in the day when everyone went out after the game in force.
What’s your most embarrassing moment in rugby?
Coming off with hypothermia
Least memorable moment at the club (on or off the pitch) and why?
Coming off with hypothermia
Who’s been the biggest influence on you playing rugby?
My two sisters, brother and dad.
Who at the club would you most you like to be stuck in traffic with and why?
AP as he has a good voice.
What’s the funniest thing you’ve seen or heard on the pitch?
Me and Alex getting into a fight one weekend and my mum rolling on shouting at the guy we were fighting with.
What’s your favourite drink?
Beer
What’s your guilty pleasure?
Gin
Do you have any hidden talents?
No
What do you do away from rugby?
Work
What would you like to achieve outside of rugby?
Rugby
Why you play/ed for Ventnor RFC?
Because its the best team on the IOW and love the fact that my dad uses to play for the club and is there every weekend.
Other clubs you have played for?
Bognor Regis RFC
What are your goals in rugby at Ventnor RFC?
Winning the league
Any other sports you play?
No
Profile submitted: 17/10/2021
Headshot: Rachel Woods
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