The Australian Steelers team tunes up for next year's Paralympics with a dominant display in the final to beat Canada and clinch the International Wheelchair Rugby World Cup title in Paris.
"International Wheelchair Rugby Cup champions, that has a nice ring to it," coach Brad Dubberley said."From the athletes, coaching staff, team management and all of our support staff here, it's a huge team win for our whole program."
Australia's top wheelchair rugby players are busy trying to perfect the brutal, beautiful plays that could take them to a third-ever Paralympic gold medal in Paris next year — but first, the World Cup in France.Australia will now prepare for the Paralympics as gold medal favourite after missing out on a medal at Tokyo 2020 ."The team understands that there is still plenty of hard work ahead but a very positive feeling amongst the group that we are on track.
The Aussies last year won the world championships in Denmark by beating the United States in the final, with Ryley Batt named the tournament MVP.Match 7-8: Denmark 54 New Zealand 47
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