Let’s be honest tho how many people can afford to go to Toronto even if it is cheaper through whatever means it’s still gonna be a fair bit of money that not everyone has

Not much change from £1000 (maybe more) for flights and hotel for 3 days, plus spend.
Just wait until New York and Ottowa join the SL party.

The atmosphere at games will just vanish. Less people will probably attend Catalan away games with more long haul trips involved, same with London away.

It's less of an achievement when you consider that they're based in this country, with all of their players being based here long term.
Oh and they're also spending a considerable amount more on their squad than any other side in the division.
I really can't wait until they're promoted and out of the division, they can become Super League's problem from then on and the Championship can get some balance back.

Fantastic achievement = Foregone conclusion

Any side spending possibly double that of their nearest rivals, should be top of the pile.
The side from a small pit village, near Cas, gave them a bit of a scare yesterday though

Not really. Thats why you boys are 3rd whilst Leeds and Wigan are bottom

1) No it's not, they are the only team with 2 'Marquee signings' and virtually a SL squad.
2) Toronto Barbarians haven't got promoted yet, and hopefully Toulouse will thrash them again...in the BIG ONE !

They will be cone in less than 5 years

gone

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I never understand this “they’re just buying their way into SL” or similar arguments were levied at Warrington trying to “buy their way to a trophy”.

Every club is trying to buy success. It’s simply a case of where each club thinks it’s money is worth more in achieving that end goal.

The difference between Warrington, spending the cap and having 2 marque players and Toronto is that Warrington are competing with the top sides in SL and probably not spending massively more than the other top spending sides in SL.
Toronto, on the other hand, are spending so much more than any of the other sides in the Championship, it takes away any meaningful competition, notwithstanding the fact that they have lost once and had a couple of scares along the way.
The disparity in spend within the Championship is already a bloody joke, with the top 4 getting 4/5/6 times more in funding than the rest but, Toronto are probably spending 2 or 3 times as much as any other club.
Sorry "Him" but, this isn't sport but, in RL, we no longer care about that stuff.

What is taking place is slightly surreal, a Canadian club, competing in what was a European competition, spending X times more than anyone else, playing a mere 7 games at their home ground etc, etc.

It just feels like RL has sold it's soul.

Of course there is interest when they play in England and so there should be but, is this really the way forward for RL.

It's a bit like Dubai as a tourist attraction, millions of tonnes of concrete poured onto the sand, al shiny and flashy but, not quite real.