
27 Oct 2022
All the wheelchair squads for the Rugby League World Cup
The wheelchair tournament gets underway on November 3 with a double header at the Copper Box Arena
The wheelchair Rugby League World Cup is only days away from making history, as it runs concurrently with the men's and the women's tournaments for the first time.
Spain and Ireland get proceedings underway at the Copper Box Arena on November 3 with 2017 runners-up England taking on Australia in the second part of the Group A double header.
Holders France will take on Scotland, Wales and debutants USA in Group B as the wheelchair tournament is staged for the fourth time.
All eight teams have named their squads for the campaign in England and you can find them all below.
Australia
1 Peter Arbuckle, 5 Cory Cannane, 10 Craig Cannane, 7 Richard Engles, 6 Brad Grove, 3 Shaun Harre, 4 James Hill, 12 Diab Karim, 2 Liam Luff, 11 Bayley McKenna, 8 Zac Schumacher, 8 Adam Tannock
England
4 Sebastien Bechara, 10 Wayne Boardman, 6 Jack Brown, 1 Nathan Collins, 3 Joe Coyd, 7 Tom Halliwell, 2 Robert Hawkins, 5 Lewis King, 8 Adam Rigby, 9 Declan Roberts, 11 James Simpson
France
1 Lionel Alazard, 2 Gilles Clausells, Mostefa Abassi, 4 Jérémy Bourson, 5 Thomas Duhalde, 6 Julien Penella, 7 Arno Vargas, 8 Nicolas Clausells, 9 Yann Verdi, 10 Florian Guttadoro, 11 Jonathan Hivernat, 12 Guillaume Mautz
Ireland
2 Tom Martin, 8 Peter Johnston Jnr, 1 Toby Burton-Carter, 3 Rick Rodgers, 7 Scott Robertson, 9 Phil Roberts, 11 Oran Spain, 10 James McCarthy, 5 Paddy Forbes, 6 Kenneth Maloney, 4 Stephen Campbell, 12 Nash Jennings
Scotland
1 Callum Young, 2 Cayden Thompson, 3 Dave Anderson, 4 Gregor Anderson, 5 Graeme Stewart, 6 Dan Grant, 7 Mike Mellon, 8 Paul Hartley, 9 Connor Blackmore, 10 Dave Birtles, 11 John Willans, 12 Peter Lauder
Spain
3 Yannick Martin, 7 Theo Gonzalez, 4 David Raymond, 11 David Berty, 10 Pascal Ambrosino, 8 Will Seron, 1 Joël Lacombe, 2 Raphaël Monedero, 5 Jonathan Palomo, 9 Éric Perez, 6 Julien Ferrere
USA
1 Jeff Townsend, 2 Jesse Lind, 7 Micah Stewart, 10 William Johnstone, 5 Mackenzie Johnson, 3 Jensen Blaine, 11 Andy Kingsley, 9 Gabi Cha, 12 Tony Leboutillier, 6 Matthew Wooloff, 8 Jabrier Lee, 4 Freddie Smith
Wales
12 Alan Caron, 6 Andrew Higgins, 3 Gary Preece, 11 Harry Jones, 5 Jodie Boyd-Ward, 8 Lucie Roberts, 10 Mark Williams, 9 Martin Lane, 4 Mason Baker, 2 Scott Trigg-Turner, 1 Stephen Halsey, 7 Stuart Williams
The Rugby League World Cup promises to be the biggest, best and most inclusive event in the sport’s 127-year history with men’s, women’s and wheelchair teams competing in 61 games across 21 venues throughout England. Tickets are available via rlwc2021.com/tickets