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Wheelchair rugby (originally murderball, and known as quad rugby in the United States) is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is practiced in over twenty-five countries around the world and is a summer Paralympic sport.
Murderball is a 2005 American documentary film about athletes who are physically disabled [3] who play wheelchair rugby. It centers on the rivalry between the Canadian and U.S. teams leading up to the 2004 Paralympic Games .
Jul 28, 2014 · Due to its aggressive and full-contact character, wheelchair rugby was originally called murderball.
Aug 28, 2024 · Because full contact between the wheelchairs is allowed (along with collisions), Paralympic rugby can be aggressive—hence its nickname murderball.
Wheelchair rugby has been given the ominous title of "murderball" due to the Paralympic sport's punishing style of play that leads to serious injuries and massive hits.
Wheelchair rugby is often referred to as “Murderball” because it is such an aggressive sport, in which noisy contact, frequently punctured tyres and even wheelchairs flipping over form an integral part of the game.
Originally called Murderball, wheelchair rugby first appeared outside Canada in 1979, as a demonstration sport at Southwest State University in Minnesota, USA. The first Canadian National Championship was held that same year.
Aug 25, 2021 · Wheelchair rugby, which was orginally named murderball, is a high-energy contact sport that the U.S. will fight for gold in at the Paralympics.
Murderball: Directed by Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro. With Joe Soares, Robert Soares, Patti Soares, Mark Zupan. Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
In a society where the disabled are often invisible or a source of pity or condescension, Murderball, a new film about quadriplegics playing wheelchair rugby, shatters many long-held attitudes and convenient stereotypes.
