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The Ontario Rugby League (or the ORL) is a domestic rugby league football competition in Ontario, Canada operated by the Canada Rugby League. [1] As of summer 2022, it has three clubs: Toronto Saints, Brantford Broncos, and a women's side.
The Ontario Rugby Union (ORU) also known as Rugby Ontario [1] is the provincial governing body for the sport of rugby union in the Canadian province of Ontario and a Provincial Union of Rugby Canada. Rugby Ontario governs various levels of rugby (Under-7, Under-9, Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, Under-19, Senior, Masters, Non-contact).
Canada Rugby League (CRL) (French: Rugby à XIII du Canada) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in Canada. [2] Founded in 2010, the CRL organizes the Canada national rugby league team and supports the development of the game through the country's domestic competitions.
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]
The following is a list of rugby league competitions that are still currently in existence. This includes both international tournaments played by national Test teams and also domestic club and provincial competitions.
The Ontario Blues name now encompasses all provincial representative teams of Rugby Ontario. This includes age-grade competition (U15-U18), development squads (U19 Men's and U20 Women's). The Ontario Arrows are a privately funded elite club, which is closely related to the Blues organization, that is in negotiations to join the professional ...
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.
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.