2021 Tokyo Paralympic Games: Ryley Batt and Andrew Edmondson stuck in NSW following Queensland border closure

One thing is for certain - it's not going to derail their 2021 Tokyo Paralympic Games quest.

The Australian Steelers wheelchair rugby teammates will get just six training sessions with their team ahead of their Games opener against Denmark on August 25.

It's yet another bump in a road dominated by potholes for athletes ahead of the Games which were postponed for 12 months as a result of the ongoing pandemic.

They were meant to be in Melbourne now ahead of another training camp scheduled for the Gold Coast, but instead they will be forced to train together in Port Macquarie for the next three weeks.

"It's tough, but it is what it is. We're fortunate enough the Games are going ahead and we're in good shape," Batt told the Port News.

"We want to be able to train as a team because we haven't played an international match together for over 18 months, but we've got six training sessions together as a team when we land in Tokyo so we will gel pretty quick.

"We've done this before, we're not all new players, so we need to get over there and get that confidence back."

While many other parts of the world are 'opening up', Australia's approach of restrictions and state lockdowns could work for the Steelers who are the defending gold medallists.

On any other occasion a team who had won the last two gold medals at the Games would be considered favourites.

"I've got faith in us doing well," Batt said.

"Maybe we're considered the underdogs now because the rest of the teams know we've got lockdowns and are not playing or training as a team so they might be writing us off.

"Bring it on.

"We've got the experience of winning the last two gold medals and no other player in the world playing at the moment has won a gold medal so we've all got that experience. We're going to take that onboard going into Tokyo."

Edmondson admitted the Port Macquarie pairing were lucky when compared to numerous other teammates who have to continue to train by themselves right until the day of the game.

"We unfortunately do have a few guys training by themselves at the moment so for me to have two or three of us (to train with) here is huge," he said.

"We'll be ready, it's just another challenge. There's nothing we can do, but I've got the ultimate confidence our team knows how to play and how to compete and when we get that opportunity we will."

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