15 Facts About Toronto Wolfpack

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Toronto Wolfpack are a Canadian professional rugby league club based in Toronto, Ontario, who compete in the North American Rugby League.

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Rugby Football League first received an application from a Canadian consortium based in Toronto Wolfpack, led by the Chairman of the national governing body Canada Rugby League Eric Perez in 2014 to compete in the United Kingdom's third tier of professional rugby league.

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On 22 January 2017, the Wolfpack played their first professional game, a pre-season friendly against Hull F C at the KCOM Stadium.

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4.

Toronto Wolfpack would go on to have a successful campaign, winning all fifteen of their regular season matches and five out of seven playoff games.

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5.

The Toronto Wolfpack finished the season with 41 points from 22 games and points difference of +921.

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6.

In November 2019, the Toronto Wolfpack made international headlines when they signed dual-code international Sonny Bill Williams on a two-year deal.

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7.

In July 2020, Toronto Wolfpack withdrew from the 2020 Super League due to financial difficulties and new logistics needed for international travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

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8.

Subsequently, the Toronto Wolfpack made an announcement that they would cease operations.

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9.

However, during their 2018 season the Toronto Wolfpack relocated one of their home games to Fletcher's Fields in Markham, as Lamport Stadium was undergoing field resurfacing work.

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10.

The Toronto Wolfpack played at these venues in an effort to boost the popularity of the team, and sport in London.

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11.

Additionally, in their debut Super League campaign in 2020 the Toronto Wolfpack hosted scheduled "home" games on the road at neutral venues, due to the weather conditions not being suitable in Eastern Canada for rugby league until April.

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12.

Toronto Wolfpack played scheduled "home" games at: Headingley Stadium, Leeds as a double header with Leeds Rhinos; the Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington; and Bootham Crescent, York as a double header with York City Knights.

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13.

Toronto Wolfpack continued to cover expenses for the visiting teams in the 2018 season.

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14.

Toronto Wolfpack games were broadcast on Canadian specialty channel GameTV, with further digital rights extended to CBC Sports with games streamed on the CBC Sports website.

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15.

All Toronto Wolfpack games were broadcast live in the UK on Sky Sports - Arena which reaches 11 million homes across the Sky Network.

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