8 countries take to rugby court

“Every game we get better. We want to show we compete with the best. It will be exciting to see what we can do in the next few years."

All eight participating countries take to the court on Thursday (6 September) in another packed day of wheelchair rugby.

Riley Batt’s Australia will be looking to replicate their impressive performance on the first day of action against Canada.

Batt scored 37 points and will be looking for a similar outcome against Sweden. The Swedes also won their first game on the court

“Sweden are a bit of an underdog side.

“There are the four top sides in the competition – us, USA, Japan and Canada, but anyone can cause an upset,” Batt said.

Canada take on Belgium in the other fixture in Group B. Kevin Orr, the Canadian coach, will be looking for an improvement in his side’s performance.

“Belgium are a very different team to Australia, so the game is going to be different. They’ve got a lot of speed in their side,” he said.

“We’ve got to sort a game plan and be able to execute it. We did it at moments tonight, but we have got to be able to do it for longer.”

In Group A, holders USA take on Japan, who both won their first game.

“There are no ‘sleeper’ games at this tournament, so we will still have to go out there and give it our all.”

France suffered a nine point defeat to Japan last time out, however Coach Olivier Cusin believes the fixture against Great Britain on Thursday (6 September) comes too early for them to be considered as potential winners.

"Only 11 months ago we were ranked more than 20th in the world so it is great we are here,” he said.

“Every game we get better. We want to show we compete with the best. It will be exciting to see what we can do in the next few years."