Wheelchair rugby league
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Wheelchair rugby league is a wheelchair-based version of rugby league football. It was developed by French
rugby league player, coach and official, Robert Fassolette in 2004. Unlike other wheelchair sports, people without disabilities are allowed to compete in top level competition.
France
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rugby league player, coach and official, Robert Fassolette in 2004. Unlike other wheelchair sports, people without disabilities are allowed to compete in top level competition.
Rules
The game shares many feature with regular rugby league:- Use of a rugby ball
- Ball may only be passed backwards
- Each team retains possession for six tackles, after which there is a hand-over
- A modified version of the play-the-ball is used after a tackle
- Same offside rules as rugby league
- The 2006 rules
World Cup
The inaugural Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup was held at indoor venues in Sydney in 2008.World Cup summaries
| Year | Host nation(s) | Teams | Final result | |||
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| Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||||
| 2008 | Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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