England Wheelchair Head Coach Tom Coyd MBE has made an initial selection of eight players for the 2025 National Performance Squad.
This follows the recent England Tri-Series at the University of York.
The selection comprises two players from each of the 2025 Betfred Wheelchair Challenge Cup finalists, Halifax Panthers and London Roosters, plus three from the reigning Wheelchair Super League champions Leeds Rhinos, and one from Catalans Dragons.
Coyd has reaffirmed that further additions will be made to the 2025 NPS after the “Future of England” fixture, also at the University of York, on Sunday June 15 – with the selection for the autumn’s Ashes tour of Australia to be confirmed later in the summer.
The eight players selected for the NPS are (in alphabetical order):
Seb Bechara (Catalans Dragons)
Jack Brown (Halifax Panthers)
Josh Butler (Leeds Rhinos)
Nathan Collins (Leeds Rhinos)
Joe Coyd (London Roosters)
Tom Halliwell (Leeds Rhinos)*
Rob Hawkins (Halifax Panthers)
Lewis King (London Roosters)
*Tom Halliwell is currently ruled out and due to have shoulder surgery.
The 16 players to play in the Future of England match are (in alphabetical order):
Mason Billington (London Roosters), Wayne Boardman (Halifax Panthers), Ewan Clibbens (Leeds Rhinos), Luis Domingos (Castleford Tigers), Josh Edwards (Hull FC)), Chris Haynes (Sheffield Eagles), Nathan Holmes (Halifax Panthers), Jordan Holt (Halifax Panthers), Martin Lane (Halifax Panthers), Tristan Norfolk (Hull FC), Tom Oates (Batley Bulldogs), Finlay O’Neill (Halifax Panthers), Jason Owen (London Roosters), Stephen Reilly (Sheffield Eagles), Joe Wink-Simmonds (Sheffield Eagles), Nathaniel Wright (Halifax Panthers).
