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
  1. "Quill's quest starts here: Road to the Paralympic Games in Paris". The Border Mail. 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  2. "Victoria Protect Thunder". Wheelchair Rugby Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. "Melbourne Rugby Club". Wheelchair Rugby Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  4. McLachlan, Hamish (12 March 2023). "Finding My New Normal". No. 12 March 2023. News Corp. Sunday Herald Sun.
  5. 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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