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Fast, tactical and built for contact
Wheelchair rugby is a mixed-gender Paralympic team sport for athletes with eligible impairments affecting the arms and legs.
The game
Four players. One ball. Constant decisions.
Teams carry the ball across the opponent's goal line while passing, dribbling and using legal chair contact to create space. Games are played in four eight-minute quarters on a basketball-sized court.
Classification gives each athlete a sport class, and the combined points of the four players on court are limited to keep competition balanced.
Start safely
- Speak with UWRF before attending
- Use a suitable sports wheelchair and safety equipment
- Complete an individual health and access check
- Learn chair skills before full contact
- Follow qualified coaching and safeguarding guidance
Athlete pathway
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From first session to national competition
Develop
Build chair handling, ball skills, fitness, tactics and confidence through regular training.
Compete
Join a club pathway, complete classification and progress into domestic competition and representative opportunities.
More than a game
Active rehabilitation in community
Participation can support fitness, confidence, self-management and peer connection. It does not replace clinical rehabilitation or medical advice.
- Peer learning from people with lived experience
- Confidence in mobility and everyday problem-solving
- A reason to train, travel and belong
- Leadership pathways as athlete, coach or official