The 21 players who made the cut will now be invited to attend the final selection camp at Stoke Mandeville from March 30 to April 3 before the final squad for the World Championships is selected.

Amongst the 21 players selected for the camp is 15-year-old Harry Brown from Sheffield Steelers.

Having represented Britain at junior level, Brown is one of the youngest players ever to have got through to the final stages of the senior men's set-up.

Head coach Murray Treseder said he is delighted to have a squad with a mixture of youth and experience.

Treseder said: "It shows that the programme we have is working when we have players as young as 15-years-old up to 46-year-old [Kevin Hayes] are competing for places in the Great Britain team as it seeks to improve on its bronze medal obtained at the Beijing Paralympics.

"The skill and talent that all the men in the Great Britain development setup have has been really strong and increasing at every camp which is very pleasing to see.

"The athletes that have been selected for final camp have shown real determination and motivation to get through."

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