Medals All Round for Invicta's Senior Internationals

Six Invicta Touch players represented England at the European Senior Touch Cup in Stirling over the weekend and all six came home with a medal after a strong showing from the English teams.

Suz Wilson won silver in the women’s 40s/45s division as the English 40s defeated their over-45s compatriots 7-3 in an all-England final.

Dan Dyer was the top try scorer in the men’s 45s/50s/55s division as England’s 45s capped a dominant three days with a 12-2 victory over Ireland to take gold in the 45s final.

Captain Adrian Riggs led the England men’s 50s to a narrow 5-4 victory in the Simon Yarrow Cup against Scotland. The two sides met again in the men’s 50s/55s final the following day with the home team getting their revenge in another close game, winning 7-6 in a drop-off to leave England with the silver medals.

Perhaps the most impressive performance over the three days came from the England men’s 55s team — featuring Invicta’s Eddie French, Spencer Nye and Martin Reynard — who, despite competing exclusively against younger teams and losing two players to injury, came away with the bronze medals following an 8-5 victory over Portugal’s men’s 50s team in the third-place play-off.

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