Albert Torrens

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Albert Torrens
Personal information
Full nameAlbert Torrens
Born (1976-07-01) 1 July 1976 (age 47)
Casino, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Position Centre, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1998–99 Manly-Warringah 49210084
2000–02 Northern Eagles 60160064
2003–04 Manly-Warringah 38170068
2005 St George Illawarra 1030012
2006 Huddersfield 750020
Total1646200248
Source: [1]

Albert Torrens (born 1 July 1976) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Northern Eagles and St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL and in England for the Huddersfield Giants of Super League as a centre and on the wing. [2]

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Playing career

Torrens made his first grade debut for Manly in Round 1 1998 against Brisbane. In 1999, Torrens finished as joint top try scorer along with Steve Menzies. Torrens scored a hat-trick for Manly in the club's final game against St George before merging with arch rivals North Sydney to form the Northern Eagles.

Torrens played with the Northern Eagles for the 3 seasons they were in the competition. After the dissolution of the club, Torrens joined Manly-Warringah once again and played with them up until the end of 2004. In 2005, Torrens joined St George and played one season with them before retiring.

Post playing

Since retiring from competitive rugby, Torrens has worked as an Indigenous outreach worker for Mission Australia. [3] In 2009 and 2010, he studied indigenous community health at Curtin University in Western Australia. [4] [5]

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References

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  2. Torrens signs for Huddersfield
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  4. "2009 Australian Rotary Health". Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
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