Quad nations wheelchair rugby returns to Cardiff
Wheelchair rugby has called Cardiff home for the last few years, and the sport returns to the capital for the Quad Nations, where some of the best teams in the world will compete before the Paralympics later on this year.
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00:00 Disability sports and wheelchair rugby have been growing massively in recent years.
00:05 It's been around for decades, but with new international competitions coming up,
00:09 more and more people are becoming a part of the sport.
00:12 The Quad Nations competition first came to Cardiff in 2022,
00:16 with the city then hosting the European Championships in 2023 at the Principality Stadium.
00:21 It's not a sport that everyone will have seen, but it's certainly on the rise
00:25 and offers people a great route into disability sports.
00:28 It's fast-paced, attacking and at times pretty brutal.
00:32 Smashing, crashing and bashing are a big part of the sport.
00:36 This year's competition will be one of the last international events
00:39 before the Paralympics in Paris later on in the summer
00:42 and will feature some of the best teams in the world.
00:45 This year sees hosts Team GB take on two former world champions in the USA
00:50 who've won it four times and Japan who've won it once,
00:53 plus France who are the current European champions who've won it twice in a row,
00:57 recently in Cardiff last year.
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