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Toronto (no slagging off) : Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:53 pm  
Been thinking about this today, surely it can only be a good thing? Forget the sideshow of rowley and the like! Up to now they have signed Gary wheeler James laithwaite Liam Kay and Craig hall it's not a bad start at all!! They will be very good!! However... How does it work with the rules? Do they have to have a certain amount on Canadians play for them? Surely the intrest it is raising which is good don't get me wrong but it will mean nothing if we don't have Canadians playing at the highest level over here in a few years time say?
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Re: Toronto (no slagging off) : Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:54 pm  
No slagging off, nowt to say then.
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Re: Toronto (no slagging off) : Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:12 pm  
It's great for RL but shocking how they have approached recruitment
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Re: Toronto (no slagging off) : Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:15 pm  
No slagging off. Fairy Nuff.

Behold! I tell you a mystery:
We shall not all sleep
But we shall all be saved
In a moment,
In the twinkling of an eye
At the lass strumpet.

Rowley was not the Messiah!
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Re: Toronto (no slagging off) : Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:51 pm  
Its an English team playing under the Toronto banner. What's not to like.......
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Re: Toronto (no slagging off) : Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:21 pm  
Don't forget that there is a hard core of people here who are developing the game at the grass roots level, especially in Ontario and B.C. To some extent Toronto Wolfpack has little to do with that, although it does give a future destination for players coming up through the ranks.

I can understand why Leigh fans in particular will be hoping they fail and fail big. I can understand that. If I didn't live over here I might think the exact same. The reality is though that Leigh have not lost anyone they cannot replace with bigger and better ... and wouldn't it be quite amazing if it was a success over here? What a boost for the game as a whole. Isn't that what we would all like to see?
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Re: Toronto (no slagging off) : Wed Jul 27, 2016 9:45 pm  
If it's grass roots ...

Why no Canadian players
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Re: Toronto (no slagging off) : Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:35 pm  
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If it's grass roots ...

Why no Canadian players



"Don't forget that there is a hard core of people here who are developing the game at the grass roots level, especially in Ontario and B.C. To some extent Toronto Wolfpack has little to do with that, although it does give a future destination for players coming up through the ranks."

There is one answer to your question in Maple's post.
There will be some Canadians for sure, but I doubt many to begin with as the size of the game/level ready pool of players is limited. There is a North American talent search road show starting tomorrow (28th) that is visiting Vancouver, Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Montreal, Boston and Toronto, and you will see a few names come from that. It is vital going forward that Canadians break more and more into the squad, but good results (and entertaining rugby) will be a must, to attract an ongoing and growing fan base. Because of that I believe that the first season will be very result driven and therefore out of necessity right now, lead to a very familiar group of first team squad players to the British Rugby League fans.
I wish the club well and hope that they inspire a new generation of North American Rugby League players (my son included). I am however naffed at the apparent cloak and dagger recruitment style.
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Re: Toronto (no slagging off) : Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:11 am  
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No slagging off, nowt to say then.

Nowt you say is of relavance anyway.
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