The Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team represents Great Britain in international wheelchair rugby. Great Britain is the most successful team in European competition, winning six gold medals at the European Championship and a gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games. Since a national poll as part of The Last Leg, the team have been known as The Sweet Chariots.
Paralympics
Great Britain has competed in every wheelchair rugby tournament at the Paralympic Games, first when it was a demonstration sport in 1996, then since it entered the official program in 2000.Athlete Search Results – GBR – Wheelchair Rugby, The historical results database at the Official website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Since Great Britain was the host of the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, they qualified automatically for the wheelchair rugby event, as they were ranked on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking ListQualification Criteria – WR, International Paralympic Committee, 2010
Roster The squad selected for the 2026 World Championships is as follows:
#ClassNameYear BornTeamNotes 11 2.0 Kieran Flynn 1992 West Coast WRC 4 2.0 Gavin Walker 1983 Leicester Tigers WRC Captain 15 2.5 Josh Williams - West Coast WRC 2 0.5 Jonathan Coggan 1983 London WRC 7 1.5 Harri Jenkins 1996 West Coast WRC 23 3.5 Faye West - Leicester Tigers WRC 20 0.5 Muhammad Islam - West Coast WRC 10 3.5 Tyler Walker 2003 Cheltenham Tigers WRC 1 3.5 Oliver Wightman - West Coast WRC/ Penrith Pumas WRC 3 3.5 Stuart Robinson 1982 West Coast WRC 5 0.5 Jack Smith 1991 North East Bulls WRC 21 3 Hannah Bucys - West Coast WRC
Competitive record
Paralympic Games Paralympic Games resultsYearPositionPldWL 20006th523 20044th642 20084th523 20125th532 20165th422 20201st541 20244th532Total352015
IWRF World championship YearPositionPldWL 19954th936 19987th??? 20025th752 20064th752 20106th734 20145th752 20184th743 20227th743 20264th752Total512922
Past rosters
1996 Paralympic Games: Roy Humphreys, Alan Ash, Paul Jenkins, Jeffery Davey, Mark Eccleston, Rob Tarr, Darren Ransome, Keith Jones 2000 Paralympic Games: Simon Chambers, Troye Collins, Keith Jones, Graham Kamaly-Asl, Bob O'Shea, Ian Prescott, Darren Ransome, Paul Shaw, Mike Spence, Tony Stackhouse, Rob Tarr 2004 Paralympic Games: Andy Barrow, Jonathan Coggan, Troye Collins, Justin Frishberg, Ross Morrison, Bob O'Shea, Steve Palmer, Jason Roberts, Paul Shaw, Tony Stackhouse, Rob Tarr 2008 Paralympic Games: Alan Ash, Andy Barrow, Jonathan Coggan, Troye Collins, Justin Frishberg, Bulbul Hussain, Ross Morrison, Steven Palmer, Josie Pearson, Jason Roberts, Mandip Sehmi, Paul Shaw, Coach: Mark Edward O'Connor 2012 Paralympic Games: David Anthony, Andy Barrow, Steve Brown (captain), Jonathan Coggan, Kylie Grimes, Bulbul Hussain, Mike Kerr, Ross Morrison, Myles Pearson, Aaron Phipps, Mandip Sehmi, Coach: Tom O'Connor 2016 Paralympic Games: Alan Ash, Coral Batey, Ayaz Bhuta, Ryan Cowling, Jonathan Coggan, Bulbul Hussain, Mike Kerr, Jim Roberts, Chris Ryan, Mandip Sehmi, Jamie Stead, Gavin Walker, Coach: Paul Shaw 2020 Paralympic Games: Ayaz Bhuta, Jonathan Coggan, Ryan Cowling, Nicholas Cummins, Kylie Grimes, Aaron Phipps, Jim Roberts, Stuart Robinson, Chris Ryan, Jack Smith, Jamie Stead, Gavin Walker, Coach: Paul Shaw
2024 Paralympic Games: Jonathan Coggan, Dan Kellett, Nicholas Cummins, Aaron Phipps, Stuart Robinson, Jack Smith, David Ross, Jamie Stead, Gavin Walker, Kieran Flynn, Ollie Mangion, Tyler Walker, Coach: Paul Shaw
References
A Laypersons Guide to Wheelchair Rugby Classification, International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)
External links Team GB at GBWR From Murderball to medals in 2012? (video) at BBC London