Wheelchair Rugby | Australia vs Great Britain | Preliminary | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games 

Cool sport, only came across it today. It's honestly more like Gaelic football than rugby. Ball shape aside, rugby is characterised by line-on-line field positions enforced by strict offside rules and the fact that the ball can only be passed backwards. Not only are the teams' positioning and passing movements more like those of Gaelic football, but the bumpy contact is more like GAA shoulder collisions than rugby's binding and bringing to ground. The 10-second "bounce" clock also reminds me of the soloing rule where gaelic football players can only travel 4 steps before having to hop the ball off the ground or their foot. Edit: Now that I think about it, the blue area around the goal zone works a lot like GAA's "square". A few people in the comments are wondering how the game works from a defensive standpoint, given how the team with the ball usually scores. This is a bit like high-level GAA too (hurling more than football, but still). Yeah, most plays result in a score. The winner will be the team who can do that more consistently (or defend well enough that their opponents score less consistently). 95% conversion rate beats 90%. You just need to reframe how you look at it. Scoring is the expected outcome, so turnovers are like goals. (GAA has the added bonus of having a way to score that's worth 3 points, so you still have those exciting "soccer goal" moments)

They even got Jeff bezos to referee

Well this games seems to be not evolved enough. there is no defense possibilities

Why doesn’t number 3 start his own team lining up with him and no one else

This game hasn't evolved enough. CP's are effectively classed out and it needs a shot clock + incentive to get lower pointers to score rather than just take up floor space.

so good to see rugby played like this

super mecz jestem fanem

best thing i've ever seen :)

Yo this is sick

SHOW especial !

Wow never knew that such rugby existed

Nice defend oz

1:12 that man is Chris Ryan my mum worked with him

Wie is hier ook na veronica inside😂

How to get the ball from oppenent?

2020 TOKYO🎵

15:02 4 in key

Like beyblades haha this is amazing though in all fairness

How do u defend?

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Wie is hier terechtgekomen door VI😂?

100th like

How’s this even a sport surely whoever starts with the ball is gonna win

Needs a bit of reinvention

So boring...no defense possibilites.