Ryley Batt and Andrew Edmondson have spent most of the past five years training together since Edmondson's Paralympic debut in Rio in 2016.

Since Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk closed the border to NSW on July 23, the duo have had to maintain their training schedule ... without teammates.

Batt's position as Australian Steelers wheelchair rugby captain and team co-captain means he usually has a room to himself on tour.

Edmondson is more than happy for that to continue when they finally arrive in Japan. He wants his own space.

"(Ryley) is not even my 12th choice ... he's way down on the list of teammates," Edmondson said when asked about the prospect of sharing a room with his captain in Tokyo.

"I travel with him a lot so if I can get an opportunity to stay away I'm going to take it."

Edmondson admitted the relationship was love-hate although they were both similarly driven which inevitably led to the occasional blow up as they pushed each other to be the best they can be.

"We've been playing together for a long time so we know each other's game really well," Edmondson said.

"We train with each other every day and we push each other every day. We're both competitors and for me that's what's most important."

Batt said despite their occasional disagreements they knew where each other was on the court.

"We're both competitive athletes so we definitely like to be competitive against each other and sometimes that can lead to a few arguments," he said.

"That's because we want to better ourselves and better the team and that's what you need.

"I've been very lucky to have him here in Port Macquarie the last four years; he's helped me develop my game and I've helped him develop his game.

"We're both really looking forward to Tokyo to show how it's done."

And what was Edmondson's most annoying trait?

"He doesn't like to smile too much so for anyone out there who wants to try and get him to smile ... it's a pretty rare occasion," Batt said.

A gold medal hanging around their necks might just see a smirk creep across Edmo's face and provide them with the ultimate reward from five years of training.

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