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WHEELCHAIR RUGBY EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

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The Rugby Paper Team
2 July 2017

■GREAT Britain beat Sweden 49-41 to win the European Wheelchair Rugby Championship in Koblenz, Germany.
The victory makes Great Britain the most decorated nation in European Championship history, with five wins to Sweden’s next best of four.
The teams were level at 25-25 at half-time and GB took a three-point lead into the final quarter before stretching their advantage.
Paul Shaw’s side beat Denmark, Poland and Ireland to top their group before seeing off France in the semi-finals.

Star man: GB’s Ayaz Bhuta, left, takes on Sweden in the final

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