41 days ago by Tiger

Traditional rugby is often considered to be pretty rough, but it doesn’t really hold a candle to wheelchair rugby, which is, with good reason, often referred to as Murderball. This sport first became popular in Canada during the later part of the nineteen-seventies and today is played worldwide. Whe ...

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56 days ago by martijn

Wilskracht, overwinningsdrang, teamspirit … om het even welke holhoofdige motivational speaker kan er om het even wie mee tegen de vlakte praten. Een film die in mij in al die elementen losmaakte is Murderball. De film draait rond de fijne doch niet voor watjes geschikte sport die rolstoelrugby heet ...

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69 days ago by graffic

Two weeks ago, doing some TV channel surfing with Betabug, we put a channel that was broadcasting some videos about the 2008 Paralympic Games. We were a bit shocked when we saw some guys riding MadMax style wheelchairs and kicking each other out of the playing area. They were playing Wheelchair Rugb ...

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69 days ago by elvis

Riporto la notizia, che mi pare molto interessante, della nascita della Federazione Italiana Rugby Ruote. Del film “Murderball” avevo già parlato in passato (vedi qui), una volta ancora lo consiglio a tutti. Mark Zupan e Bob Lujano diventeranno fra i vostri “rugbisti” preferiti. Murderball alle Paro ...

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70 days ago by Andrew Lightheart

On Saturday I met this guy - Mark Zupan. He’s the star of a documentary called Murderball about wheelchair rugby or, more officially, Quad Rugby. Quad Rugby is a mean, angry, dangerous testosterone-y sport played by quadraplegics using specially adapted Mad Max style wheelchairs. Murderball was a do ...

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78 days ago by Brien

The Paralympics conclude tomorrow in Beijing and boston.com has an amazing photo essay with pictures from many of the events. I didn't really know much about the Paralympics, other than Murderball, wheelchair basketball, and amputees running, but the photos show some of the other crazy events at the ...

78 days ago by scribblygum

Gotta love this game. What a blast! Each year early in October, I go to a music festival. Thousands of people are there. Last year there was a young woman in a wheel chair. We got talking and I found she had a murderous streak. “You seen Murder Ball?” she asked. “Nuh, what’s that?” “It’s like Mad Ma ...

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81 days ago by Nic

Wheelchair rugby. It’s big apparently. There was a movie made about the USA Wheelchair Rugby team at the Athens Paralympic games. I kid you not. In fact it has a nickname: Murderball. Watch this and you’ll know why: Now SA has a Murderball team but for some reason we aren’t competing at this years P ...

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81 days ago by Tuffy

One U.S. team in Beijing came into these Games with all the pressure in the world on them to succeed after an embarrassing bronze medal in a sport the United States normally dominates. Yes, they laid...

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82 days ago by Kass

Quad rugby makes me think of Jason and Herc, these days, but the real thing is in the news: Wheelchair rugby adds mayhem to Paralympic sports and It's fast, it's furious but it's not rugby. On a related note, if you're into Mark Zupan (of Murderball fame), here's an interview with him. There's a gor ...

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