Mixed Ability Rugby: 'Regardless of how good you are, there will always be a spot on the pitch for you'

More than 1,000 players from 28 countries are competing in the Mixed Ability Rugby World Cup in Cork this week

Ballincollig Trailblazers celebrate after the Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament World Cup tie against 

When Marie Healy is out on the rugby field chucking a ball around with teammates, she forgets all about her disability. In fact, she feels as if she has no disability at all.

Healy played camogie and soccer into her teens but fell away from sport in the years after. And however strong the appetite might have been to pull the boots back out of the press, for someone with a disability, mild or otherwise, returning inside the four white lines is nowhere near as straightforward as simply falling in with the local GAA or soccer club.