Whellchair Rugby, by Seurat Mathieu

Wheelchair rugby is played in four to four, on a field of twenty-eight meters long for fifteen meters wide. For thirty-two minutes left in four quarters the two teams will do everything to score, it will pass the ball behind the median line between the two blocks.

Disabled motor athletes are categorized according to their functionality. They receive between 0.5 and 3.5 points. The player with the most points is the one who has the easiest to move. Each team is composed of four players (and 8 substitutes) whose total number of points can not be greater than 8 points (the points of the four players are added up).

We talk about small points for players ranked between 0.5 and 1.5 points.

There are high points for players ranked between 2 and 3.5 points.

Competitive wheelchairs must comply with specific rules for safety reasons. The chairs are very busy and receive many shocks during the matches. There are two types of armchairs with different structure:

For the "high points", there are the armchairs of attacks with a rounded bumper.

For "small dots", there are defensive armchairs with an elongated bumper.

The rugby-chair is exported from 1979, with a first meeting at Southwest State University in Minnesota in the United States. The wheelchair rugby became a Paralympic sport at the Sydney 2000 Games in France. There is a championship of France and a cup of France.