The Wheel Thing

A little bit about us...... We plan to bring you all the best content at all levels of WheelchairRL. Please follow and share, if there’s anything you’d like to see please let us know either here or at thewheelthing2024@gmail.com 👨‍🦽🏉👩‍🦽 #YouToMeAreEverything

Catalans Dragons have called a press conference to reveal the identity of their new head coach for season 2026. All will be revealed on Tuesday 22nd July at Stade Gilbert Brutus 2.30pm Frenchtime. ❤️💛

TEAM NEWS! 📣 It's @edingiants on day 2️⃣ of our Edinburgh BIG Weekender this Sunday. And this is the Purps on Wheels squad that will be representing us 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙌 kick off is 10am for the first of 3 games at @UoESport Pleasance Sports Complex, and entry is free! #UpThePurps💜 #RugbyLeague #StomaAware

Some great photos of last weeks #Wheelchairrugbyleague game at @WoodlandsWarri2 thanks to @ABP_photography 🙌 #UpThePurps💜 #RugbyLeague #StomaAware

It's Game Week! 😁 Our first hit out of 2025 sees 'Purps on Wheels' travel to Gillingham for a #WheelchairRugbyLeague game with our good friends at @WoodlandsWarri2 If you're in #Kent why not head over to the Woodlands Sports Centre and cheer us on! 🏉 ♿️ #UpThePurps💜 #RugbyLeague #StomaAware

We've got 2️⃣ brilliant events coming up in March and we'd love you to be a part of them! First up on March 2nd we head to Kent for our first #WheelchairRugbyLeague game of the year, before the weekend of the 22/23rd sees us heading to #Edinburgh for an exciting double header including more @WheelchairRL action with @edingiants 🙌 It's going to be a fantastic month! #UpThePurps💜 #RugbyLeague #StomaAware

Purps on Wheels kick off our @WheelchairRL year this Saturday with our season launch! If you'd like to have a go at this brilliant version of #RugbyLeague just send us a message. And look out for some exciting news later this week! 🏉♿️ #UpThePurps💜 #StomaAware

2024 in Purple. Looking back on some of our best moments of the year 😊 We ended an awesome first Wheelchair Rugby League season with a lot of fun and an entertaining game with @NWCWhRLandDSC The Crusaders, like the whole of the @WheelchairRL community have been so supportive and welcoming to us. 🤝 #UpThePurps💜 #RugbyLeague #StomaAware @heva2015

As we shared yesterday, thanks to the support of @Sport_England we'll be able to purchase our own wheelchairs for the start of our 2025 Purps on Wheels #wheelchairrugbyleague season. 😁 This is what it means to us ⬇️ #upthepurps💜 #rugbyleague #stomaaware

Looking back on todays #WheelChairRugbyLeague game with @NWCWhRLandDSC 🏉♿️ 1/2 #UpThePurps💜 #RugbyLeague #StomaAware

It's game day for our #wheelchairrugbyleague team Purps on Wheels! We're taking on @NWCWhRLandDSC and here's everything you need to know about today. 🗓️ Today! 🆚 North Wales Crusaders ⏱️ 4.30pm 🏟️ Deeside Leisure Centre CH5 1SA 🎫 Free #UpThePurps💜 #StomaAware #RugbyLeague

RT @TeamColostomyUK: Only 2️⃣ sleeps until we hit North Wales for our last #WheelChairRugbyLeague game of 2025! 😁 This is your Purps on Wh…

It's game week for our @WheelchairRL team 'Purps on Wheels' 😁 Deeside Leisure Centre in Clwyd is the venue for our last Wheelchair game of the year this Sunday, against @NWCWhRLandDSC It all starts at 4.30pm so why not head over and celebrate a great debut season with us

Only 2 days until the first @Irelandrl domestic Wheelchair RL match - Leinster v Munster! ☘️♿️🏉 @sportireland @EuroRugbyLeague @IntRL @TheWheelThingRL @Six_Again

We've got some exciting Purps on Wheels news to share with you soon 😁, but until then, it's only 2️⃣0️⃣ days until our next and last game of a memorable first year for our @WheelchaRL team! See us take on @NWCWhRLandDSC on 17th November as part of our #Wales Weekenders series 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Live stream link youtube.com/live/eK9h9mg7o… @rugbyleagueontv @rloutsiders @TheWheelThingRL @MrJohnSeager

'Purps on Wheels' play our latest @WheelchairRL friendly this Sunday. Here's everything you need to know! 🆚 @WoodlandsWarri2 🗓️ 13th October ⏱️ 2.30pm 🏟️ Woodlands Sports Centre ME7 2DS 🎟️ Free entry!

@CdnRLsupporter @scotlandrl @CanadaGrizzlies There is @edingiants @TheWheelThingRL @WheelchairRL could you tour with a masters Wheelchair RL squad? The most inclusive sport on the planet 🏉😉

👀 We've got two fab fixtures coming up to finish off our brilliant first #WheelchairRugbyLeague season (look out for a potential surprise in September too!). In October we're back in Kent to take on @WoodlandsWarri2 before a November trip to Wales and @NWCWhRLandDSC 🏉💜♿️

At our recent wheelchair rugby league game with @SheffieldEagles we had the pleasure of welcoming Eagles player Jenny Pearson to our team. She's had a #stoma for a year and spoke to us about returning to play after surgery and what she thought of us! shorturl.at/Nk7KE 💜♿️

📅 Sunday 11th August 🏆 @WheelchairRL Friendly ⏰ 11.45am 👕 @BullsFoundation Reserves 🆚️ @yorkrlfcfound Reserves 🏟 Sedbergh Sports Centre