It's been a relatively quiet calendar for wheelchair RL this year. Six fixtures that I am aware of. Let me know if I've missed any. The Celtic nations provided four of them and a tour by England to Australia being the other two.
The Celtic Cup was won by Ireland, Wales was second and Scotland third. I expected Wales to take this one but Ireland were clearly the best side. Scotland and Ireland then played a friendly later in the year.
Australia were late to get into the wheelchair version of the game and has been well beaten in the past. A top player from England has been coaching Down Under added to a determination to catch up, the series looked promising.
The video above shows highlights of the first test. England rallied late to run away with it but there was a big improvement shown there by the hosts. The second international is yet to be played.
I'm surprised there wasn't a game between the two heavyweights of this form of the game, England and France. Hopefully that will be addressed in 2026.
