Rugby

Ventnor were beaten by Locksheath Pumas by a 20-point margin despite leading at the half-time interval on Saturday (18th February).  Unavailability and injuries meant a couple of changes to the Ventnor starting line-up, with the evergreen Fergus Kenny moving to...

Ventnor 2nds travelled to runaway Division 5 league leaders Lymington Mariners with a team of just 13 players, 1 of whom played with a gammy leg. The depleted Ventnor side was notable for two father/son combinations: Dean and Charlie Magnurson...

Sandown & Shanklin RFC hosted Fordingbridge at the weekend, looking to set the record straight after a narrow defeat in the reverse fixture earlier in the season and looking to maintain an unbeaten record during 2023.  Just like last week,...

Ventnor comfortably beat a Gosport and Fareham team who travelled with a bare 15 but never gave up on Saturday (11th February). Ventnor’s superiority was founded in the power of their front 5, where props George Collett and Ben Savill...

Emile Rouby Ventnor 2XI's game against Lymington Mariners on Saturday (4th February) began with a minute's silence before kick-off to remember club stalwart Emile Rouby who sadly died earlier in the week. James Morton of Ventnor rugby club said: "Emile...

Ventnor Rugby Club commemorated the bicentenary of the birth of rugby football at Ventnor seafront on Saturday morning (4th February). The South Wight Rugby Club were selected to be part of the ‘Global Pass’ celebrations to commemorate the bicentenary. The...

With their 1st XV flying south to Guernsey, it was a chance for Ventnor’s 2nd XV to take centre stage at Watcombe Bottom for a league game against a strong, close-knit and well-drilled Winchester Knights team on Saturday (28th January)....

Ventnor were vanquished by over a 50-point margin in the Channel Islands by league leaders Guernsey Vikings on Saturday (28th February). The Island side were forced into making early changes to the team before kick-off when Ben Cooper’s hamstring decided...

Ventnor turned on the style and knocked in 10 tries against Fareham Heathens in front of a large crowd at Watcombe Bottom on Saturday (21st January). From the whistle, Ventnor played at a tempo that was hard to live with...

Ventnor RFC lost by a 60-point margin at Romsey on Saturday (14th January). Weather-related transport difficulties, which meant their squad lost 2 players before the day began, do not excuse another tepid display by Ventnor when they travelled to Romsey,...