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SEB BECHARA hopes to be blowing his own trumpet by inspiring England to World Cup glory \u2013 after annoying some of his bandmates by ducking out of important concerts to play rugby.<\/p>\n

Top of his priority list, though, is scooping the trophy while opening many people\u2019s eyes to the brutality of wheelchair rugby league, just like he did with his girlfriend.<\/p>\n

Seb Bechara believes this Wheelchair World Cup can bring many new fans to the sport<\/figcaption>SWPIX.COM<\/figcredit><\/figure>\n
The England star, born in Nottingham, is expecting plenty of banter as he has lived in the south of France since the age of 10 and many Catalans Dragons clubmates are in adopted homeland\u2019s side, which is the favourite to win.<\/p>\n
However, the competitive edge will not be dulled as the sport goes to the next level. Put simply, this is rugby league but players are in a wheelchair \u2013 the hits are as fierce, the action as intense.<\/p>\n
And musician Bechara hopes to attract a lot of new fans of the discipline during a bid for the trophy, just as he did when his other half first saw it.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWhen my girlfriend first saw wheelchair rugby league, I was just playing a lower-level club in France.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer second was a Test match between England and France last year. She was like, \u2018Wow, this is not the same sport at all. It\u2019s incredible.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cClub games just don\u2019t have that level of impact \u2013 they don\u2019t have that level of bang-on hits. It can get brutal between teams at international level.<\/p>\n
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\u201cChairs hit each other at such speed, strength and force. It\u2019s just a different sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cAway from rugby, I play the trumpet professionally with a traditional Catalan orchestra and my summer was packed with events with them but with rugby, I had to miss a few.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe chief wasn\u2019t happy when I told him!\u201d<\/p>\n
Bechara lost the lower half of his right leg in a motorcycle accident in July 2012, aged 18, but after adapting to life with a prosthetic leg, he is back in the saddle.<\/p>\n
He is now a key cog of coach Tom Coyd\u2019s side that starts its bid for glory against Australia tonight as the wheelchair game in the UK goes to a new level \u2013 beating the Aussies will be one thing, though. Toppling the French is another.<\/p>\n
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Bechara, who lives in France, knows they are the team to beat<\/figcaption>SWPIX.COM<\/figcredit><\/figure>\n
Living in France, Bechara believes their superiority in the sport comes from having handball courts and facilities aplenty, the court is the same size.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old added ahead playing at London\u2019s Copperbox: \u201cFrance are to the wheelchair game what Australia are to the men\u2019s running game \u2013 they won the 2013 and 2017 World Cups and have always been a dominant force.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re the team that is that hard to beat. There\u2019s a tougher championship in France and handball, which has a court the exact same size as us, is huge whereas sides in England have played on smaller.<\/p>\n
\u201cGames there attract a few hundred people, that adds to the pressure. In England, as venues are so small, you get 10 or 20 on the sideline.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo normally at big games, you\u2019re not used to the noise. To the French, it\u2019 s something they do every week but I\u2019ve noticed the standard of the England side has gone up massively.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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