The club said it could not afford to continue this year
Toronto Wolfpack's Blake Wallace, left, celebrates a try by teammate Bodene Thompson, centre, during Million Pound Game in Betfred Championship rugby league action against the Featherstone Rovers in Toronto, Oct. 5, 2019.The future of the Toronto Wolfpack was thrown in doubt Monday with news the transatlantic rugby league team will sit out the rest of the 2020 Super League season.
In a joint statement, the Super League and RFL said they were “very disappointed to learn that Toronto Wolfpack will not be able to fulfil their obligations to Super League 2020.” Should Toronto be able to return in 2021, the question remains in what league would it be slotted. The RFL has yet to announce whether relegation remains in place during the disrupted 2020 season.And Toronto fans are left wondering if they will ever see New Zealand star Sonny Bill Williams in person. The former All Black was signed last November, drawing worldwide headlines.
Toronto was to have resumed play Aug. 2 against Hull Kingston Rovers at Leeds Rhinos’ Emerald Headingley Stadium. That’s not a problem when the Wolfpack are spending part of the season in Canada. But the pandemic has kept the players in England, meaning their visa expires at the end of the month. The Wolfpack said ticket refunds will be issued to Ticketmaster “in the near future in order for the refund process to be fulfilled.”The team was not eligible for any of the 16 million pounds in loans made available by the British government to help rugby league teams survive the pandemic.
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