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  • Ryley Batt

    Ryley Batt was first introduced to wheelchair rugby as a 12-year-old at a demonstration event at his school. Although he had used a skateboard up until then to get around, ...

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  • Chris Bond

    International wheelchair rugby star Chris Bond was 19-years-old when he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia. After contracting a severe bowel infection during treatment causing gangrene, doctors were ...

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  • Andrew Edmondson

    A career in sport was always on the cards for wheelchair rugby player Andrew Edmondson, who had only just accepted a scholarship to play rugby union at an elite private ...

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  • Ben Fawcett

    As much at home in the water and on the snow as on land, Ben Fawcett was an avid surfer and snowboarder when a snowboarding accident at 18 changed the ...

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  • Andrew Harrison

    Wheelchair rugby player Andrew Harrison first represented Australia at the 2007 Chris Handy Cup in Invercargill, New Zealand, but after narrowly missing selection to the 2008 Australian Paralympic Team, it ...

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  • Jake Howe

    Six years ago, Jake Howe faced the very real prospect of never being able to hold his son. Just moments after texting his girlfriend, who was only three months pregnant ...

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  • Jason Lees

    Few can accuse Paralympic gold medallist Jason ‘Banger’ Lees of not living life to the fullest. Renowned for his on-court intimidation of some of the world’s most fearless athletes, he ...

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  • Josh Nicholson

    Josh Nicholson is a rising star in Australian wheelchair rugby. After making his international debut for the Australian wheelchair rugby team, the Steelers, in 2017, he became an important player ...

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  • Mick Ozanne

    Wheelchair rugby player Mick Ozanne was a soccer star in the making when a diving accident at 19 changed the course of his life. After diving head first into a ...

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  • Ryan Scott

    Before becoming a quadriplegic as a passenger in a car accident at 16, four-time Paralympian and long-time captain of the Australian wheelchair rugby team, the Steelers, Ryan Scott was an ...

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  • Jayden Warn

    Although 24-year-old Jayden Warn was the youngest member of the Australian wheelchair rugby team, the Steelers at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, he kept his inexperience under wraps, scoring 11 ...

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