There have been mixed results for Irish athletes so far on the eighth day of the Paralympic games with Boccia hopeful Johnny Cronin unsuccessful in his bid, and cyclist Colin Lynch marked as DNF (Did Not Finish).

Rudi van Vuuren’s hope of becoming the first player to appear in both the rugby and cricket world cups in a single year is on hold after the Namibian fly-half was ruled out of Sunday’s Pool A encounter with Ireland at Aussie Stadium.