James McQuillan

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James McQuillan
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NationalityAustralian
OccupationWheelchair Rugby Player

James McQuillan is an is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He won the 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship with the Australian Steelers. He has a 0.5 classification in wheelchair rugby, and plays for Victoria Protect Thunder [1] and the Melbourne Rugby Club [2] .

Growing up on a farm outside the town of Nanneella [3], McQuillan fractured his C5 vertebrae playing Australian Rules Football in 2014, aged 20. He began playing wheelchair rugby in 2021, debuting for the Steelers 11 months later in Denmark. [4]

References

  1. "Victoria Protect Thunder". Wheelchair Rugby Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. "Melbourne Rugby Club". Wheelchair Rugby Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. McLachlan, Hamish (12 March 2023). "Finding My New Normal". No. 12 March 2023. News Corp. Sunday Herald Sun.
  4. Kemp, Emma. "James McQuillan's incredible rise from wheelchair rugby novice to playing for Australia". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

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