HANDS-on MP Caroline Nokes is making sure she keeps in touch with what is going on in her constituency.

The Romsey and Southampton North MP joined in a touch rugby session when she visited Trojans FC at Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh.

The game is a fun, non-contact version of rugby played by people of all ages and every level of ability and experience.

There are 90-plus players taking part in a six-week Summer Touch League on Thursdays in addition to Monday night’s ‘pitch up and play’ sessions at Stoneham Park.

Trojans was one of the first clubs in the country to run weekly sessions of under the Rugby Football Union’s O2 Touch Rugby banner.

Caroline said: “It was great to visit Trojans Rugby Club. I was pleased to see so many men and women of all ages and abilities enjoying the O2 Touch evening sessions.

“Trojans is clearly a thriving club, and I was impressed by their eagerness to get more local people active and playing rugby.”

The range of interest at Trojans is demonstrated by some players who have transferred from the Monday “Touch Base” sessions into the Thursday league, where they play alongside members of the Trojans first-team squad.

Neil Andrews, Trojans’ O2 Touch operator, said: “It was wonderful to host Caroline Nokes at the club, and we are appreciative that she spent the whole evening with us, meeting a lot of Trojans members and watching.”