Albert Torrens (born 1 July 1976) is an Australian former professional
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
,
Northern Eagles
The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team, that competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) between 2000 and 2002. The club was formed during the rationalisation process of the NRL by the merger of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Nort ...
and
St. George Illawarra Dragons in the
NRL and in England for the
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is sha ...
of
Super League as a and on the .
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
Mission Australia is a national Christian charity that provides a range of community services throughout Australia. It has its roots in the Brisbane Town and Country Mission (1859) and Sydney City Mission (1862), but was only officially establish ...
. In 2009 and 2010, he studied indigenous community health at
Curtin University in Western Australia.
References
1976 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
Bundjalung people
Huddersfield Giants players
Indigenous Australian rugby league players
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players
Northern Eagles players
Rugby league centres
Rugby league players from Casino, New South Wales
Rugby league wingers
St. George Illawarra Dragons players
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