Cyril Torres
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| Full name | Cyril Torres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Career
[edit]Player
[edit]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 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup in which he helped defended their 2013 title. He returned to Catalans Dragons in 2023 following recovery of unspecified health issues.
Coach
[edit]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. In 2024 he was announced as the head coach of the France national wheelchair rugby league team.
Honours
[edit]Catalans Dragons
[edit]- 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): 2023, 2024
Toulouse Olympique / Saint Jory
[edit]- Elite 1:
- Champions (1): 2016–17
- Lord Derby Cup:
- Winners (1): 2016–17