It’s not Rugby! It’s Rugby League. The other code is very much not in its infancy, hence the significance of Toronto signing RU players.

You should have a chat with John Drake et al over on totalrascistrl.com. They are adamant that League should be referred to as Rugby, in some sort of childish disobedience action. It's hilarious how anyone who has anything negative to say about the game is admonished and god forbid you mention bigger more popular code.
Personally, Toronto IMHO have been very smart about the way have hooked up with Union. Better to get paly with the rather than have them stonewall the game. SBW, although well overpriced, is a ideal signing to get that cross over from fans.....I'd like to see an effort to try and fill a bigger stadium at least once this season coming
They host wire and Salford either side of Canada day, with the latter on the 4th of july, so if SL can't arrange for a fixture swap and move the salford or wire games to July 1st, maybe take the Salford game to BMO field.

it wouldn't be difficult to re-jig the fixtures with Toronto Hosting Wire on the Friday Night instead of Saturday and making Salfords preceding game the Thursday night match, giving both sides time to recover for a Wednesday Afternoon KO in Toronto?
Canada day is a big thing and I reckon a full BMO would be a great advert for the game

Wrong! I have great interest in Super League, which is dominated by British teams. I just don't support the archaic clubs located in the former pit and mill towns on the M62.

I have great interest in the British team known as the London Broncos. I supported the Broncos in person when Virgin's Richard Branson was a devoted sponsor, and the great Lionel Hurst was CEO, and even after the departure of Virgin and Lionel Hurst, when the great Ian Lenagan was Chairman of the renamed Quins. During those years I was privileged to be able to attend games, and post match meet with players like Denis Moran, Sylvain Houles, Richard Barnett, Thomas Leuluai, Luke Dorn, Mark McLinden and Tulsen Tollett (now a BBC World News Sports compere).

However these days, although I still wish London Broncos well, and want them back in Super League, I primarily support the non-British clubs of which we only have two at the moment: Catalans Dragons and Toronto Wolfpack. Hopefully those two great clubs, with their significant local fan bases which dwarf the likes of Salford and Wakefield, will be joined by Toulouse Olympique in 2021, and New York and Ottawa not too many years after that. At that point we will have a truly international Super League, a North Atlantic Super League (NASL).

This forum is open to expansionists like myself, as much as it is open to M62 Little Englanders, who are opposed to international expansion. That is why it is incorrect to say that I am on the wrong forum.

It's so hard to get decent bar staff in London...it's why people like Bazza here were such a godsend. Working for peanuts + accommodation and really as thick as the proverbial pair of short planks, they were a "special" bunch.
I know this to be true, because we didn't import French bars staff, nor expect folk from Chorley to come down, but no matter what bazza says, it was the lure of 6 VB for £10 in a bucket that did it for him...eh cobber

Where did all the journalists come from at the press conference? There were more in attendance for that Toronto press conference than attended all the super league games in total last season.

Proof again that Toronto are a massive draw, even in a foreign country

Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "Sonny Bill Williams made a great impression on the BBC. Tens of millions of viewers around the world saw him speak of the challenge of returning to rugby league from rugby union as "awesome." Sonny Bill Williams stated that the Toronto team provided a great opportunity to establish the game of rugby league in North America. None of the Little Englander/M62 negativism to be heard from him. He said that he was looking forward to playing for the new team. The appearance of Sonny Bill Williams on BBC World News shows that his signing and the emergence of the Toronto Wolfpack are indeed a huge development and provide great publicity for rugby league.'" he just reminds me of this bloke https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ULeDlxa3gyc

Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "Sonny Bill Williams made a great impression on the BBC. Tens of millions of viewers around the world saw him speak of the challenge of returning to rugby league from rugby union as "awesome." Sonny Bill Williams stated that the Toronto team provided a great opportunity to establish the game of rugby league in North America. None of the Little Englander/M62 negativism to be heard from him. He said that he was looking forward to playing for the new team. The appearance of Sonny Bill Williams on BBC World News shows that his signing and the emergence of the Toronto Wolfpack are indeed a huge development and provide great publicity for rugby league.'" he just reminds me of this bloke https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ULeDlxa3gyc

Have you gone off Avignon now, all of a sudden?

Edited for accuracy.

A recent RFL press conference in Doncasterhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/EAPzRs_UcAAFHgM.jpg" >

This week's Toronto press conference at the Emirates Stadiumhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJVhRWkWkAA97uX?format

I can see why people are worried about what Toronto bring to the game....

LOL

That's the reality pal he's in it for the money

Good grief what the heck is that RFL press conference. That looks so bad and what are Tony Adams and the other guy wearing around their necks?

That looks like a press conference arranged in a cafe.