Wheelchair Rugby: Game continues to develop with first ever “Home Nations”

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I must say it’s quite exciting getting in at the start of the development of a new form of rugby and for those of us that enjoy the technical aspects of the game Wheelchair Rugby 7’s is a fascinating incarnation of our favourite sport as it tries to mirror the full union game as closely as possible.

I caught up with the Irish Wheelchair 7’s side this past weekend as the competed in the first ever “Home Nations” Championship which was held in Liverpool’s John Moore’s University.  The competition featured teams from England, Ireland, Wales and, due to Scotland being unavailable, an English Barbarians side. The matches were refereed by, the founder of the sport, Wally Salvan, from France, and Italian Roberto Scagnoli. 

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This was the second taste of the sport for the Irish side who competed last year at the inaugural Six Nations competition and they went into the competition in a confident mood despite the lack of competitive . . .

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3 responses to “Wheelchair Rugby: Game continues to develop with first ever “Home Nations””

  1. excellent article, thanks John

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