Ventnor RFC Match Reports

Southampton RFC 1XV 24-57 Ventnor RFC 1XV, 5 Oct 2019

After three promising but ultimately disappointing performances, Ventnor travelled to Southampton with a team featuring several members playing out of position. Things didn’t bode well when Southampton started strongly and only excellent tackling from Dean Magnurson, Ben Savill, Alex Morton and the ubiquitous Dominic Marsh kept them out before Ventnor began to establish themselves through …

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Ventnor RFC 1XV 20-28 Tottonians RFC 2XV, 28 Sept 2019

On a very windy day at Watcombe Bottom, Ventnor 1XV hosted Tottonians 2XV in what looked to be a very exciting game.It was from the offset a game with great energy shown from both sides.The scores were opened up by the away side, great support and pressure from the forwards lead to a try near …

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Ventnor RFC XV 54 – 10 Harwich and Dovercourt RUFC XV, 17 Aug 2019

Ventnor RFC hosted touring side Harwich and Dovercourt RUFC to kick start preparations for the new 2019/20 season starting in September. Both teams played with mixed squads to get as many players game time as possible. The game was played in fantastic spirits with referee Matt Edwards commenting on the great atmosphere between the 2 well-connected clubs. …

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Match report: Farnham RFC 4XV v Ventnor RFC 2XV, 10/11/2018

Farnham RFC 4XV 29 – 5 Ventnor RFC 2XV In torrential conditions, 11 mighty Lions travelled up to Farnham in this rearranged fixture. Boulstered by former Islander, now Andover player, Jason Corney and given 2 players by the opponents, Ventnor looked to get into the game very quickly as they only arrived off the coach …

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Match report Ventnor RFC 1XV v Southampton RFC 1XV 03/11/2018

Match report Ventnor RFC 1XV v Southampton RFC 1XV 03/11/2018   Ventnor RFC 1XV 63 – 22 Southampton RFC 1XV   In the dwindling autumn sun, Ventnor have the home crowd another win to cheer about. The game started hesitantly from Ventnor as the mental challenge of playing against a side short of full numbers …

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Match report Farnborough RFC v Ventnor RFC 1XV 27102018

Match report Farnborough RFC v Ventnor RFC 1XV 27/10/2018

Match report Farnborough RFC v Ventnor RFC 1XV 27/10/2018 Farnborough RFC 93 – 3 Ventnor RFC 1V With many changes to the team from the previous week, Ventnor travelled to top of the league Farnborough. Right from the off, it was clear the larger pack of Farnborough’s was going to dominate the game. AJ Wells …

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Match report Ventnor RFC 1XV v Cranleigh RFC Junior Vase Cup 201819 round one

Match report Ventnor RFC 1XV 0–43 Cranleigh RFC Junior Vase Cup 2018/19 round one 13/10/2018

Match report Ventnor RFC 1XV 0–43 Cranleigh RFC Junior Vase Cup 2018/19 round one 13/10/2018 Ventnor RFC took on Cranleigh RFC in the RFU Junior Vase Cup. The Surrey based team proved their higher rank but the home team didn’t roll over easily. Unfortunately, a major injury to regular first team player Sam Lines occurred in …

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Match report: Trojans RFC 2XV v Ventnor RFC 1XV, 06/10/2018

Trojans RFC 2XV 5 v 29 Ventnor RFC 1XV This was Ventnor’s first playing experience of one of the newly introduced second teams of some of the bigger clubs in Hampshire. These second teams have to play with their own registered players, as part of Hampshire’s experimental new league structure. Despite a large number of …

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