In my opinion they should have done it in a complete different way instead of tacking Toronto onto the championship/super league.



It should have been a combined effort from the RFL/NRL/South Sea Islands to create a 6 team comp in Canada with an even distribution of overseas players 10 per team the rest being the best of what Canadian players available.



That would be a 10 match comp with the top 3 teams coming over for 3 weeks to compete in a mini comp with the top 3 of the championship. That way you would have around 7 or 8 local players playing every week on a steeper learning curve.



At the moment Toronto are getting quite a lot of players near there sell by date which in turn means a large turnover of players, stability is required so the local fans can become associate identity with there team.

Feel free to come on over here and have a go.







Wolfpack went from League 1 to Championship in one season and have a reasonable chance to reach Super League after two. That's a huge step up for skill level and talent. We were not surprised by player turnover going into the 2018 season (although we were disappointed to lose some fan favourites) and fans fully expect more changes if we reach SL in 2019 - it's necessary to be competitive.



Craig Hall will be here on Saturday, he'll get a warm welcome.

He's not in the 19 man squad though.

No he won't, not in the 19 to travel !

My perspective is Toronto get into super league and I travel 3400 miles for our away game, when I get there I find my team are playing against a lot of ex Leigh and ex Salford players with a couple of Aussies thrown in and only get to see 1 or 2 Canadians playing the game.

How long would that situation transform into home grown talent with one team in isolation..........20+ years maybe.

That is very disappointing. He was well liked here, and not just for his ability to kick the ball onto the trams on King Street.

It's a good question and depends what route Wolfpack take and how the sport in general evolves across the country.



Locally, it took Toronto FC six years. Club was founded in 2005 and set up the academy in 2008 under the leadership of that fine bloke Danny Dichio. TFC signed its first academy graduate in 2011 and now there are seven homegrown in the squad. It's a good model.



Hey, we like those ex-Leigh players. We call them "Wolfpack" now.

You don’t have the Salary Cap to match the wages. The whole point of expansion is to develop. If you don’t do that,you simply don’t expand.



That’s the failings within the current game which has been exploited and abused. The game survives on youth, without it you have no game. All the money in the world may buy you a squad but it won’t develop the sport.

Whilst I agree with the centimente behind your post.



Toronto are a slightly special case. In that they were never going to do anything with regards youth straight away. Given that it's a totally new enterprise.

Now if in 5 years it's still the same situation and have only 1 or 2 canadian players in there squad. Then we can complain about it.

https://barrowrlfc.com/2018/06/statemen ... -the-club/

https://barrowrlfc.com/2018/06/statemen ... -the-club/

Blimey ! Another Cumbrian club struggling to 'make ends meet'.

"Barrowvians" never heard their fans callled that before, I like it !

That statement answers a few of the critics questions regarding Barrow not having a full team to put out , the RFL will ignore the position they are in at the expense of others.