I know when I was working in Connecticut & trying to start an RL team in Bridgeport /Milford area in the late 90s a Kiwi was trying to get RL going on Vancouver Island, don’t know if that’s still the case. Must admit in the late 90s Winnipeg had some sort of 9s competition. I think a lot of the previous start up's in Canada have failed in part due to the shear vastness of the Country. Hopefully RL now continues to go from strength to strength in North America.

I can see the Wolverines beating the AMNRL X111 at least once.

I am not going to tempt fate but....

I think with the announcement of the televised second leg it will be important to make sure the first match remains competetive. Final training session before the 17 is announced is tomorrow..

Have the yanks announced a venue for the 1st leg yet? I know it's Phily, but where?

It's the same venue as the one used for the Donnybrook Cup game against Ireland earlier this year nad.

It's being played at the Charles Martin Stadium which is a high school stadium. It was planned for somewhere else but they moved it.

I'll be there so hopefully I'll be a good luck charm for the Wolverines.