Scotland Wheelchair International John Willans decided to challenge himself and completed 5 marathons in 5 days using 5 different bits of equipment. The challenge was to raise money for the charity Cash for kids. Its a charity that helps less fortunate children, especially in these hard times. with the help from this charity some [...]
The 32 competing national sides across the three competitions which make up the biggest and best Rugby League World Cup 2021 took part in the first significant action of the event - the coin toss. The coin-toss was originally planned to be held in Manchester but today, exactly a year before (27 November) the [...]
It is rare in sport that a sponsor supports any sport for more than 3 to 4 years. That is most definitely not the case for Corporate Hospitality and VIP Experiences company MatchPoint. MatchPoint was founded in 1992 and are based in Edinburgh. In 2013 the founder of the business Neil Cunningham and [...]
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has today launched a new campaign to promote ‘Protect Your Sport’, encouraging more people to come forward and share their concerns about doping in sport. Intelligence reports are crucial for anti-doping investigations, 35% of bans from sport published in 2019, came from information shared with UKAD. The campaign has been launched [...]
The Rugby League World Cup 2021 tournament organisers have today (July 21st) revealed the much-anticipated fixture schedule for what promises to be the biggest and best World Cup in the history of the sport, as the men’s, women’s and wheelchair teams all compete at the same time in a major sporting first. Scotland will [...]
France are ranked number one in the world as the official International Rugby League (IRL) wheelchair rugby league world rankings are issued for the very first time. The French can lay claim to have been the “inventors” of the wheelchair game and are the current world cup holders. England are a very close second [...]
With 500 days to go until the opening fixture of the Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021), tournament organisers have announced that Scotland Wheelchair will be based in Sheffield for next years’ tournament. The Wheelchair squad, will be calling Sheffield home during the tournament, where the city will host all Group B fixtures at [...]
Looking ahead to RLWC2021 Scotland Wheelchair have made some changes to their staff team with Mark Roughsedge and Jim Dyson taking over as Head Coaches from Peter Lowis. Working away behind the scenes is a Scotland Rugby League trademark, as should attempting to become as competitive and successful as possible on the pitch. The new [...]
The draws for the Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) took place at Buckingham Palace today (Thursday 16 January), where each competing nation in the respective men’s, women’s and wheelchair events learnt their group opponents. Conducted by HRH The Duke of Sussex, Head of UK Sport, Dame Katherine Granger DBE and RLWC2021 International Ambassador [...]
International Rugby League will be awarding the Golden Boot to the player who is judged to have been the best wheelchair rugby league player in international competitions during the year. This award joins and sits alongside the Golden Boots awarded annually to the best international male and female players giving the game a trio [...]
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