Possibly more Woe For Toronto

I think I'm the only 1 who has noticed but New York will actually play in an entirely different State over the border in New Jersey.

Maybe they can the Boss to rework his classic along the lines of

"Born in the North West of the UK"

And scrap the NY based team in total?

Surely even the RFL wouldn't let that as it just screams yeah the experiment has failed.

Think new investment/ownership is the only (slight) option.

The real issue is who on earth is going to come in and throw good money at bringing other teams over to play in Canada all season and still have to pay to play over in the UK?


if they do return and all the other clubs vote to give them a slice of the central funding pie it really would show how mindless RL in the UK has become.

Sorry but think the worst thing Toronto did was sign SBW, obviously world class player but the money he was on (and shares in a possibly now defunct company) can't be good for any RL club.

Why would a consortium want to take over over inflated contracts when to a large extent these are a good part of the reason Toronto have failed in the first place.

I'd take American investment though as what it would take to revolutionise RL is peanuts compared to even collegiate systems in the States (Colleges regularly sign 7 figure branding deals).

If what was on the table was going to benefit all involved I'd love to see them back, if it just offers them another short term elastoplast to cover up their shortcomings then no thanks.

The whole North American idea is a complete joke, I don’t believe our own RFL believe in it, they couldn’t even sustain a team in Wales . I even think having a team in France is bad idea, Catalans never bring more than a few dozen supporters to away games and that is what the game is about supporters.
Before any of these Countries join Superleague they should demonstrate there commitment by growing their own leagues, I know there is a bit of a league in France but it isn’t great. So if we continually try to bring in outside teams, Toronto, Ottawa, New York, Toulouse , Moscow etc one day our Great club Salford will cease to exist, and I know we are on the brink as ever, it’s my opinion and I may be a little Englander but I only want to see British clubs play not some club from America.
Again only my opinion but another reason the league is in such a state is because of the power Institutionally and financially that St Helens, Wigan, Warrington, Leeds and Hull have, they collectively strangle the life out of us small clubs, by constantly taking our best players by hook or by crook and not giving a thought about our survival.

So why not build up the French RL system via a plan? Why does it hang on to the coat tails of UK RL?
The problem is RL doesn't strategically plan as does RU, it survives year to year and lives on opportunism (following any idea so long as there's short term funds available) and is, as has been identified earlier, ruled by the few for the few because of self interest.