Apparently the 2017 Super League fixtures are out at 7pm on Sunday. Not sure if that means League 1 will be as well, but I would have thought so. Here's a prediction and a word of warning.

Prediction - previously Toronto have said they will play matches in blocks of 4 home followed by 4 away. With 15 games in the first phase of the season, that won't always exactly be the case, but I imagine their fixtures will be something like that. I reckon they will definitely get a few home games to start their existence, and that those games will be against "known" places. So the first match will surely be home to London Skolars, but it wouldn't surprise me if York and Oxford are also early home games for them.

Warning - if I've got that first bit wrong, then don't book any flights if we are playing Toronto away on Challenge Cup round 5 day...


One other thing - there were some rumours that York were left off the draft fixtures. It seems unlikely that they would just disappear in such a way, but then this is rugby league with its [insert appropriate adjective] M62 corridor adminstrators.

The final meeting to arrange fixtures was believed to be yesterday so fixture release is possible.

Suspect the first block of Toronto fixtures will be away due to possible weather issues and surely the won't be scheduled forv5th round day of some team will be lumped with a horribly late flight booking which will cost stupid amounts.

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That means Toronto Away is the last weekend of the football season.

First opponent is the Dewsbury Stags, which might prove interesting.

Does anyone know the Challenge Cup dates? Is Toronto away firm or subject to change.......

According to League Express,

Feb 18-19 L1 Cup R1
Feb 25-26 CC R3
Mar 18-19 CC R4
Apr 1-2 L1 Cup R2
Apr 22-23 CC R5
Apr 29-30 L1 Cup Semi
May 13-14 CC R6
May 27 L1 Cup Final.

It would appear to be ok, however I guess the other caveat would be York's re-entry.

Believe they have built bye weeks in which will become a fixture v York when it is decided who is running the club. As such York shouldn't impact Toronto.

Thanks for your reply.