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TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack will start and finish the 2020 Super League season in England.
"This is not a decision that has been taken lightly, and we vow to return to Toronto bigger and better than ever before in 2021." The Wolfpack, 0-6-0 in their first season in the top-tier Super League, have not played since March 11, when they blanked Huddersfield 18-0 in the fifth round of the Challenge Cup. Play was suspended five days later.Play resumes Aug. 2 in England with Toronto playing Hull Kingston Rovers as part of a tripleheader at Leeds Rhinos' Emerald Headingley Stadium.
That's a concern given the physical nature of the sport. It's more of a worry for Toronto, which has a small squad and is facing a looming visa issue involving New Zealand star Sonny Bill Williams and six other imports. Because the Wolfpack are Canadian-owned, they require different visas than overseas players employed by English clubs.
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