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Rugby league was first introduced to Canada in the 1900s but was quickly outlawed by Rugby Union officials and thus became Canadian Football.It was not until the late 1980s that rugby league was re-introduced to Canada at an amateur level, when a short-lived 4-team domestic competition, known as the Tri-Counties Rugby League, was established.
The organisation was founded to redevelop organised rugby league in Canada, which had been dormant since the Canadian Rugby League Federation folded in 2000. The CRL reestablished the Canada national rugby league team to participate in international competition and set up a domestic league from which national team players would be drawn.
Super League teams St Helens R.F.C. and Salford City Reds have also formed partnerships with Canadian rugby league, [6] [7] and Rugby League Review, one of the leading rugby league magazines around the world came on board as a sponsor of Canadian rugby league. [8] Setanta Sports will broadcast rugby league matches in Canada. [9]
Toronto Wolfpack RLFC is a Canadian professional rugby league club based in Toronto, Ontario.The club is the first and only professional rugby league club in North America, and as of 2023 competes in the self sponsored Canada Cup, an invitational league for North American teams organised by Toronto Wolfpack.
The following article is a list of Canada national rugby league team results since they first ... Below is the head-to-head record of the Canadian national XIII side ...
The Canadian Rugby Championship (CRC) is an amateur rugby union league located in Canada, partially funded by World Rugby. It is the highest level of domestic rugby in Canada. It has four representative teams from regions across Canada, competing for the MacTier Cup. The regular season goes from August to September, and there is no post-season.
A Canadian Rugby Football Union was established in 1884, although this organisation went on to become the Canadian Football League, as rugby football in Canada evolved into Canadian football. In 1902–1903 the first Canadian team toured the United Kingdom, winning seven on 21 matches. [10]
Rugby Canada is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in Canada.Rugby Canada was incorporated in 1974, and stems from the Canadian Rugby Football Union, a body established in 1884 that now governs amateur Canadian football as Football Canada; and the now-defunct Rugby Union of Canada, established in 1929.