Grant Boxall

Boxall started playing wheelchair rugby in 2000 at the age of 24.^[4] His player classification is 2.5.^[7] In 2002, he was classified as a 3.5 player.^[8] In 2004, he was a Queensland Academy of Sport scholarship recipient.^[9] In 2008, he was a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship recipient.^[10]

Boxall was a member of the Western Australia state wheelchair rugby team, the Black Ducks, in 2005. He started playing for the team in 2000.^[4]

Boxall was selected in the Australian National Team in 2001.^[1] Boxall competed in wheelchair rugby events in the United States, South Africa, Sweden and New Zealand and represented Australia in the 2002 and 2006World Championships and the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.^[1] He won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the mixed wheelchair rugby event.^[11] He was on the Australian team that competed in the 2001 Oceania Zonal Championships that finished first.^[1] He was also part of the Australian national side that finished in third at the 2002 World Championships.^[1] He was also part of the 2002 team that competed at the World Rugby Challenge in Canada.^[8] In 2005, he was part of the Australian team that finished in second at the Oceania Zonal Championships.^[1] In 2007, he was part of the team that competed at the Oceania Wheelchair Rugby Championships.^[12] In 2008, he was part of the Australian team that finished first at the Rugby Super Series.^[13]

In 2001, he played club rugby in New Zealand.^[1] In 2005 and 2006, he played for Australia's National Wheelchair Rugby League (NWRL).^[1] In 2006, he was playing for a Queensland-based NWRL team.^[14] In 2007, he played club rugby for the first time in the United States.^[1] In 2008, he played for the NWRL's West Coast Enforcers, where he was the team's captain.^[7]

Boxall has been recognised for his wheelchair rugby performance. In 2001, he was named the Rookie of the year by the National Wheelchair Rugby League.^[1] In 2002, he was named the New Zealand Rookie of the Year.^[1] In 2005 and 2006, he was recognised as the best in his classification by the National Wheelchair Rugby League.^[1] In 2005, he was named the Best in Classification in the New Zealand league.^[1]