Not looking good for them https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-le ... s-22356052

Not looking good for them https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-le ... s-22356052

Not looking good for Hull City either
An 8-0 defeat to Wigan Athletic.
It was 7-0 at h/t



Toronto have know about this problem for a long time, so why just bring it to light now?

Rugby league is becoming a laughing stock. Still no fixture list and now it looks like one club cannot fulfil its fixtures.

Given that the season was in the early stages when it was suspended it should just be cancelled for 2020. Invite a Championship club to replace Toronto, have two mini leagues of six clubs playing each other twice with a play off between the winners of the two leagues.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... 80354229bc

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... 80354229bc

I don't quite follow this, have their 6 month visas expired as a consequence of coronavirus, or would they have expired anyway?

If it's the latter, then it was never going to work anyway.

I was thinking the same... If they played their first game in Uk in Feb and everything was normal in 2020, they wouldn't be able to fulfil any fixtures in the UK beyond August anyway? Bizarre for most sports but unfortunately this kind of amateurish administration is all too common in RL....and thats not a dig at Toronto, its the sport in general.

Toronto are saying players have been in the uk since the outbreak started, maybe 6 months means a total of 6 months in the uk?

No idea really.

Wasn't they planning to finnish there last few games of the season in Canada?

... but then there would be playoffs, in theory.

I expect they will be granted a temporary extension due to Covid 19.
How long i dont know but here must be thousands of people caught up in this.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/ ... isa-553387

https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/ ... isa-553387

Toronto have withdrawn from the 2020 Super League season. It will continue as an eleven team competition.

What a terrible year 20/20 has become.

They have withdrawn from the Competition

They say they still "fully intend to field a team in the 2021 season".

Mmmmmm.

Ive never been against the Toronto idea but after this debacle they shouldnt be allowed back in. Concentrate on what weve got and try and expand in France imo

I dont see how they can expect to be in Super League next season after withdrawing from 2020 season.
Maybe the top 6 of the Championship could hold a mini play off league with the winners taking the place of Toronto next season

It’s a shame the other SL clubs denied them financial aid knowing full well this was the alternative, poor from really.

Confirmed - no relegation this season from Super League.

I reckon their owner could bail out the whole of SL and still have a bob or two to spare from his [ibillions [/iof dollars.

"Billions," yeah, well, how much money has he really got? And IMO Canada should have their own league if they want to play rugby, it's too far and a 5 hour time difference is too much. I think France shold have their own league too, if there were two French teams in SL fine, but Toulouse are not big enough, and probably never will be.

Great news for Hudgell, he can pocket the sky money and spend even less on the playing squad than he does now.

I see SBW is being "encouraged" to find another club.

You're assuming all his assets are liquid and accessible at any moment which I highly doubt they are.

It doesn't alter the fact that the clubs could have prevented this and decided not to.

So SL is rolling in money and should have bailed out a club which can afford a $10m player contract?

I don't think so.