{"id":47060,"date":"2023-05-12T16:10:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=47060"},"modified":"2023-05-12T16:14:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:14:19","slug":"wheelchair-rugby-league-the-most-accessible-sport-in-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/05\/12\/wheelchair-rugby-league-the-most-accessible-sport-in-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheelchair rugby league: The \u2018most accessible sport\u2019 in Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wheelchair rugby is the most accessible sport in Sheffield according to its players &#8211; and if you experience one of the Eagles\u2019 training sessions on a Wednesday night, you\u2019ll see what they mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as the familiar sporting sound of shouts of players\u2019 names and calls for the ball, you will hear the crash of metal on metal as the chairs collide and meet a range of people &#8211; old and young, disabled and non-disabled, male and female.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wheelchair team is organised under the Eagles Foundation, which also looks after the women\u2019s team and others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Butler, Chair of the foundation and a director of the club broadly, said that values like promoting accessibility and providing a space for everyone to play definitely trumps winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThat is probably personified by the fact that our wheelchair team didn\u2019t win a single game last year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut as a result of our approach to development, we were one of the largest clubs in the country\u2026 and we consistently fielded a full squad of 10 players for each of our games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur whole driver is to give people an opportunity to play rugby league, in a form that is suitable for them to play,\u201d he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At their midweek training session, this seems to be the ethos of the players. It is about providing a space for everyone to play and grow and get better, rather than winning &#8211; although results are certainly picking up this season.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vicky Brook, one of the players,&nbsp; is a former running rugby player, and said that at the age of 45, with \u201cdodgy hips, knees, shoulders\u201d, this is a \u201creally good way of connecting with the sport\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A big part of joining the team was due to her son Will, who has a lower limb condition and just got a grant for a chair.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also joined with her daughter, who is not disabled but prefers wheelchair rugby to the running game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brooks said it was \u201cbrilliant\u201d that the Eagles had taken them on board and added that it had worked out perfectly for the family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said: \u201cIt\u2019s all inclusive and it doesn\u2019t matter who you are, whether you\u2019re non-disabled or you\u2019ve got a disability of any kind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverybody is on the same level pegging, everyone can participate, and that\u2019s just the beauty of wheelchair rugby league. It\u2019s just amazing to think that anybody can have a go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This sentiment was repeated by Shaun Orton, the team manager and a player, who sees it as the \u201cmost inclusive\u201d sport he\u2019s aware of.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cOne thing I love about this sport, which you don\u2019t get in any other sport that I\u2019m aware of, is the fact that it\u2019s mixed gender, it\u2019s mixed age, it\u2019s mixed ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got non-disabled parents playing with disabled children, and disabled parents playing with non-disabled children, and what we\u2019re not doing as a sport is saying to children, \u2018you\u2019re disabled, your friend is not disabled, you can\u2019t play together\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This can also be seen with the sheer range of people on the Eagles team; people with injuries that prevent them from playing running rugby, people with disabilities that prevent them playing running rugby, and people who use wheelchairs full-time are all on the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PXL_20230510_191803724.MP_-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PXL_20230510_191803724.MP_-980x368.jpg 980w, https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PXL_20230510_191803724.MP_-480x180.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheffield Eagles training session (Image: Joshua Thory-Rao)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Johnson is a huge rugby fan, and attended the semi-final double-header for the wheelchair rugby world cup in Sheffield last year. He has cerebral palsy and loves the sport because it allows him to play rugby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cI just really enjoy playing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that it was really good to see the sport he played grow, referring to the buzz around the World Cup last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Haynes used to do lots of running, biking, cricket and rugby but was in a biking accident a few years ago which stopped him doing sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cHaving found wheelchair rugby league it\u2019s perfect, because it just gives you that chance to get some exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSometimes it does hurt my knee. It\u2019s definitely worth it, I really enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sport also transcends age barriers. Stuart Wilkinson is 66 and the team\u2019s oldest player, and started playing at the start of this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With club feet and atrophy of the leg muscles, he is not able to walk far and cannot run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilkinson said he\u2019d \u201calways enjoyed team sports\u201d, so wheelchair rugby league was \u201can ideal thing\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheffield Eagles footage\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YgKv-53XxM8?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sheffield Eagle training session footage, by Joshua Thory-Rao<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of the four games played, the Eagles have won two, including their season opener. By two games in they had already scored more points than in the whole 2022 season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orton described the growth of the team during and since the 2022 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThe team that we were at the end of the year was very different to the team that we were at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s some matches where we came a lot closer to winning than we would have at the start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cIn the off-season, we got our first draw, against Wigan\u2026and then we got our second draw against Hull at the start of this year, before the season started.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team hopes to be in a position to apply for promotion to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby-league.com\/competitions\/pro-national\/wheelchair-rugby-league\">Super League<\/a>, the top division, in a few years time. 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