Toronto Wolfpack will definitely be in C1 and the Challenge Cup next season

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Rowley coach and Nobby director of rugby!

Where did it all go wrong, Mr. Green?

Toronto Wolfpack will definitely be in C1 and the Challenge Cup next season

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Rowley coach and Nobby director of rugby!

Where did it all go wrong, Mr. Green?

NO salary cap for Toronto Invaders....

The club will not receive central funding from the RFL but are likely to get special dispensation to exceed the salary cap to enable them to run a full-time team and have pledged to cover all costs of visiting teams, who will fly out on a Thursday, play on Saturday and return the following day.

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NO salary cap for Toronto Invaders....

The club will not receive central funding from the RFL but are likely to get special dispensation to exceed the salary cap to enable them to run a full-time team and have pledged to cover all costs of visiting teams, who will fly out on a Thursday, play on Saturday and return the following day.

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People just aren't thinking this through.

There is NO downside. All being done at the Canadian owners expense, and giving the game a rare little window of exposure too.

Sustainable? Like many clubs in many sports, they will be "sustainable" as long as a financial backer fancies sustaining them. That may spell trouble if the backer decides they've had enough, but looking at comparable sports globally, whilst that happens, it really isn't a major issue in any sport. Owners seem to be, in general, suckers for punishment, and on the rare occasions they depart, usually someone else steps in.

And, it's not the RFL's idea. How could it be, nobody would dream that one up. They were approached, thought about it, spoke with the clubs and -rightly so IMHO -said "crack on".

So talk of the RFL should have instead funded a growth program in Canada or other such twaddle is frankly deluded. The RFL would hardly have the funds to suddenly pay for a web of RL across fscking Canada, now would it, secondly it's hardly their job, thirdly it is up to the Canadians to lead any expansion of the game there, the RFL's place as well as the international board is to help and co-operate where it can.


But what you feel is totally irrelevant, unless you had plans to fund such a thing. Secondly, many people posting have no idea of the actual current level of Canadian RL. I didn't either until a few weeks ago, when this news first came out but had a look into it and was pleasantly surprised. Only last weekend their season kicked off with the inaugural Ontario Nines, which featured a lot of junior activity too. Have a look here, you may be pleasantly surprised. www.canadarugbyleague.com/2016/0 ... rio-nines/

If the Canadians have got it wrong, then it's their problem, but they obviously feel that they need a bit of a standard bearer to spread the word and up their standards, as well as no doubt using the presence and publicity to attract new international recruits, and this is just part of the plan they have drawn.

People who think the Canadian backers have just come up with something on the back of a fag packet down the pub one night are seriously wrong. The Canadians have done a lot of work on this, they have clearly considered and addressed all the foreseeable issues (for example, playing 4 or 5 away games in "blocks" to cut out 80% of the travel) and it is actually rather insulting for people who have little idea of how structures a plan it is, to simply ridicule and dismiss it out of hand.

Will it help RL in this country? How can it not? A local game such as Keighley v Toronto Wolfpack is already on my buy-a-ticket list and if only the fixture planners don't clash them with local clubs I'd expect plenty of interested speccies turning up at those fixtures.

And as a player in C1, I'd guess an annual all-expenses paid trip to Canada would be viewed as some perk for most.

Speaking of players, in the Nines final,

Felix the Cat? If I were Green, I'd have signed the lad up yesterday, just for his name!

People just aren't thinking this through.

There is NO downside. All being done at the Canadian owners expense, and giving the game a rare little window of exposure too.

Sustainable? Like many clubs in many sports, they will be "sustainable" as long as a financial backer fancies sustaining them. That may spell trouble if the backer decides they've had enough, but looking at comparable sports globally, whilst that happens, it really isn't a major issue in any sport. Owners seem to be, in general, suckers for punishment, and on the rare occasions they depart, usually someone else steps in.

And, it's not the RFL's idea. How could it be, nobody would dream that one up. They were approached, thought about it, spoke with the clubs and -rightly so IMHO -said "crack on".

So talk of the RFL should have instead funded a growth program in Canada or other such twaddle is frankly deluded. The RFL would hardly have the funds to suddenly pay for a web of RL across fscking Canada, now would it, secondly it's hardly their job, thirdly it is up to the Canadians to lead any expansion of the game there, the RFL's place as well as the international board is to help and co-operate where it can.


But what you feel is totally irrelevant, unless you had plans to fund such a thing. Secondly, many people posting have no idea of the actual current level of Canadian RL. I didn't either until a few weeks ago, when this news first came out but had a look into it and was pleasantly surprised. Only last weekend their season kicked off with the inaugural Ontario Nines, which featured a lot of junior activity too. Have a look here, you may be pleasantly surprised. www.canadarugbyleague.com/2016/0 ... rio-nines/

If the Canadians have got it wrong, then it's their problem, but they obviously feel that they need a bit of a standard bearer to spread the word and up their standards, as well as no doubt using the presence and publicity to attract new international recruits, and this is just part of the plan they have drawn.

People who think the Canadian backers have just come up with something on the back of a fag packet down the pub one night are seriously wrong. The Canadians have done a lot of work on this, they have clearly considered and addressed all the foreseeable issues (for example, playing 4 or 5 away games in "blocks" to cut out 80% of the travel) and it is actually rather insulting for people who have little idea of how structures a plan it is, to simply ridicule and dismiss it out of hand.

Will it help RL in this country? How can it not? A local game such as Keighley v Toronto Wolfpack is already on my buy-a-ticket list and if only the fixture planners don't clash them with local clubs I'd expect plenty of interested speccies turning up at those fixtures.

And as a player in C1, I'd guess an annual all-expenses paid trip to Canada would be viewed as some perk for most.

Speaking of players, in the Nines final,

Felix the Cat? If I were Green, I'd have signed the lad up yesterday, just for his name!