Albert Torrens

Albert Torrens

Personal information
Full name	Albert Torrens
Born	(1976-07-01) 1 July 1976 Casino, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Position	Centre, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1998–99 Manly-Warringah 49 21 0 0 84 2000–02 Northern Eagles 60 16 0 0 64 2003–04 Manly-Warringah 38 17 0 0 68 2005 St George Illawarra 10 3 0 0 12 2006 Huddersfield 7 5 0 0 20 Total 164 62 0 0 248
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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.

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 Illawarra and played one season with them before moving to England and playing in the English Super League for the Huddersfield Giants club , before retiring at the end of 2006.

Post playing

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