Darren Lockyer says the ALARA Jets don't hold back on the field and he loves his time on field with the Ipswich team of players with intellectual and physical disabilities.
Ipswich touch rugby league players with intellectual and physical disabilities are changing the game one try at a time — even offering playing tips to a legend of the game when he joins them on field.
The ALARA Jets began in 2013 after a member of the disability support service ALARA wrote to his local league team, the Ipswich Jets, challenging them to a match. Almost a decade later, the team has grown from four players to a full-size touch rugby league team with substitutes."It means everything," he said.In 2017, the ALARA Jets officially registered with Touch Rugby League and now compete weekly against other local teams."Big fan of it, hopefully, one day play professionally," he said.Darren Lockyer cops plenty of lip from other players.
"The more games they have been getting, the better they have become and the more enthusiastic they have become.He said the ALARA Jets played exactly like any other league team.Tom Longworth says the ALARA Jets are an incredible addition to the touch footy competition.TRL founder and executive chairman Tom Longworth said the ALARA Jets had proved to be an "incredible" addition to the competition."It would be great to see more teams like the ALARA Jets get involved with sport.
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