James McQuillan
James McQuillan is an Australian wheelchair rugby player.[1] 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[2] and the Melbourne Rugby Club.[3]
Growing up on a farm outside the town of Nanneella,[4] 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.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Quill's quest starts here: Road to the Paralympic Games in Paris". The Border Mail. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ^ "Victoria Protect Thunder". Wheelchair Rugby Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Melbourne Rugby Club". Wheelchair Rugby Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ McLachlan, Hamish (12 March 2023). "Finding My New Normal". No. 12 March 2023. News Corp. Sunday Herald Sun.
- ^ Kemp, Emma (12 October 2022). "James McQuillan's incredible rise from wheelchair rugby novice to playing for Australia". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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