Wales have named two pairs of fathers and sons – Martin and Matthew Turner and Gareth and Sid Ramsey – in their squad for the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup in Australia.<\/p>\n
It is the first time a father and son have represented Wales together at a Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup and the first time two such pairings have been named in one squad. <\/p>\n
A father-and-son pair have featured in the Wales set-up previously, but never before on the World Cup stage.<\/p>\n
Head coach Alan Caron included them in his 12-strong selection for the tournament, which starts for Wales against England on Friday, 30 October in Wollongong.<\/p>\n
Group games against Ireland and the United States follow at the same venue as the teams aim for the knockout stages.<\/p>\n
Gareth Ramsey, John Berriman and Fionn McCabe – who turns 16 shortly before the competition – could make Wales debuts during the event.<\/p>\n
Caron said: “Having two father-and-son combinations in the squad makes this World Cup particularly special.<\/p>\n
“Gareth and Sid, and Martin and Matthew, have the opportunity to share something that very few players ever get to experience: representing Wales together at a World Cup.<\/p>\n
“For John, Fionn and Gareth, the opportunity to make their Wales debuts at a World Cup would be something very special, while our experienced players will be vital in helping them and the rest of the squad through the tournament.”<\/p>\n
Wales have had to fundraise to help with the costs of taking the squad to Australia, with more than half of the \u00a310,000 target donated so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wales have named two pairs of fathers and sons – Martin and Matthew Turner and Gareth and Sid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-779432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}