• Canadians in touching distance of place in elite
Toronto and Widnes do not have much in common at first glance, not least when their respective histories in rugby league are factored in. But on Sunday afternoon Canada’s largest city – or at least a small part of it – will be rooting on a small industrial town in north-west England to help fulfil the dreams nobody in the sport believed were possible two years ago.
How the rugby league landscape scorned at talk from Toronto Wolfpack as they prepared to shake the sport to its core in 2016 when they declared Super League was the goal, preferably as soon as possible. But the Wolfpack have held up their end of the bargain and all eyes turn to Widnes’ trip to Hull Kingston Rovers to see if they are automatically promoted.
Written by Aaron Bower at Emerald Headingley
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/28/leeds-rhinos-toronto-wolfpack-super-league-super-8s-match-report under the title “Toronto eye Super League as Gareth O’Brien floors Leeds with drop-goal”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
