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

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. 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 {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1970s-stub