There is no better demonstration of rugby's oft-cited mantra that it is a sport for all shapes, sizes and abilities than in Argentina's Pumpas XV.
A mixed ability team for players with intellectual disabilities, which plays the same format as a regular rugby team apart from uncontested scrums against local social teams, was the brainchild of Daniel Fernandez whose eldest child Joaquin was born with Down syndrome. More than 60 clubs around the world have established mixed ability teams and the m
Those were the words of James Healy who is part of the International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament (IMART) 2022 Committee and a player as it was announced yesterday that Cork is to host the Mixed Ability Rugby World Cup in June. Four years in the making,.