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Cyril Torres
Personal information
Full nameCyril Torres
BornFrance
Playing information
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
–2016 Catalans Dragons
2016–2017 Toulouse Olympique / Saint Jory
2023– Catalans Dragons
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
–2017 France
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2024– France 3 2 0 1 67
Source: [1]
Medals
Wheelchair rugby league
Representing  France
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 England
Gold medal – first place 2017 France

Cyril Torres is a French wheelchair rugby league player and coach who currently plays for Catalans Dragons in Elite One Championship. He is also the head coach of the France national wheelchair rugby league team whom he won two world cups with as a player and captain.

Playing Career

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Club

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Torres was part of the Saint-Estève XIII Catalan academy and played for the the club before a road traffic accident in 2007. Followed his recovery he returned to the Catalan Wheelchair side where he won six league titles before a move to Toulouse Olympique / Saint Jory for a final season winner a further league title.

He initially retired following the 2017 World Cup. In 2023, he returned to Catalans Dragons following recovery of unspecified health issues. He played in Catalans 2024 European Club Challenge victory over Wigan.[2]

International

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Torres has represented France at three Wheelchair Rugby League World Cups. Torres's first World Cup title came in 2013 where he scored a try and kicked seven goals in the final.[3] At the 2017 World Cup he captained France to a title defence kicking two goals in the final.[4]

Coaching Career

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Torres has spend time as head coach of the Catalans Dragons women's team aswell as being a video analyst for the men's team and Limoux Grizzlies. Upon he 2023 returned to Catalans Dragons Wheelchair he took up the role as player-coach. In 2024 he was announced as the head coach of the France national wheelchair rugby league team.[5]

Honours

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Catalans Dragons

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  • Elite 1:
    • Champions (8): 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2022–23, 2023–24
  • Lord Derby Cup:
    • Winners (7): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
  • Challenge Cup:
    • Winners (2): 2023, 2024
  • European Club Challenge:
    • Winners (2): 2024

Toulouse Olympique / Saint Jory

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  • Elite 1:
    • Champions (1): 2016–17
  • Lord Derby Cup:
    • Winners (1): 2016–17

France

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References

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General
Inline
  1. ^ "Player Summary: Cyril Torres". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2024/04/06/warriors-beaten-in-wheelchair-european-championship/
  3. ^ "Match Report: Wheelchair World Cup Final". European Rugby League. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Des Guerriers d'Exception!". July 29, 2017.
  5. ^ https://www.ffr13.fr/para-rugby-xiii-cyril-torres-et-jean-jacques-bedue-nommes-a-la-tete-de-lequipe-de-france/