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WORKINGTON AND WHITEHAVEN COULD FACE CANADA OPPOSITION
By Tony Harrison

Published at 20:41, Saturday, 11 October 2014

RUGBY LEAGUE EXCLUSIVE: WORKINGTON Town and Whitehaven could soon be lining up against Canadian opposition, should a bid from a Toronto-based consortium come to fruition.

The seven-man consortium has put forward an application to join the Rugby Football League and the subject was well-received at a meeting of Championships representatives in Leeds.

One of the seven businessmen in the consortium, Eric Perez, told News & Star Sport: “Rugby league didn’t exist in Canada four years ago.

“In 2010, my business partner and I were working in Birmingham. We watched the game on Sky TV and thought what an incredible game this is – the best.

“When we returned home, without any supporters, players, kit or stadium we challenged the USA to a game. And within six weeks, we got together the players and lost the game by just one try in front of 1,200 spectators.

“From there, the game has gone from strength-to-strength.

“We are now averaging almost 7,000 for every Test and have our own TV programme ‘The Rugby League Show’ which has 90,000 viewers every week and 170,000 per Test match,” he added.

“We have excellent corporate sponsorship deals with companies such as Fosters (brewery) and Booster Juice (a giant Canadian smoothies company) and a lot of people will look at this and think ‘How are teams going to be able to afford to play in Canada’. The answer to that is easy – it will not cost them a penny.

“We will fly them out on a Thursday, play on Saturday and they will fly back on Sunday, all expenses paid.

“And they will even have the chance to make money – we will give each club a block of seats in the stand, and any ticket money that’s made will go back to the club.

“It’s an opportunity for the clubs to offer travel packages and make money.

“We are also offering to sponsor the competition to the tune of £200,000.”
The consortium has been working on the proposal with the RFL for more than 12 months and coming into the game at League One level is not going to put the dampeners on the application.

Perez added: “Going into League One can give us time to build, find our feet, gain promotion and prove our worth to the game. We would stay in the UK for a block of six or seven games and then travel home to play six or seven games there.

“The idea of promotion and relegation is intriguing to Canadian fans. We don’t have that here. All the major sports, ice hockey, baseball, basketball and Major League Soccer, are franchise-lead. Sometimes teams don’t worry about doing so well because they know they’ll be there in the league next season.”

Town vice-chairman Mark Fryer was excited at the proposal, and said: “I’ve spoken to Eric and he has a passion for the game.

“They have some serious business backing and it could be a fantastic opportunity for rugby league itself.

“I’m positive about it but we have to be realistic and work it through.

“The worst thing that can happen is for them to gain membership and be gone in a couple of years.”

An RFL spokesman said: “We have received an application from a Canadian consortium to enter a team into League 1 [the current Championship 1] in the 2016 season.

“The consortium delivered a presentation to the Championship clubs at a meeting in Leeds, on Wednesday, which was well-received by the club representatives present.

“The RFL will now produce a report into the proposal for consideration by the governing body’s independent board of directors who will make the final decision.”

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Seems quite surprising to me. I would have thought they would try to join the AMNRL/USARL rather than the UK but i can defintely see their ambition to play in the super league one day.

hopefully it works out well
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I watched their team in the international 9's

They were pretty bloody good
I dunno where these guys would of learnt to play

But they had shape in attack
& some mongrel in D
I was impressed

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who has a better rugby league international team and domestic scene usa or canada?

seems rugby league lags behind soccer in canada and usa by miles too
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sydneyfc wrote:
who has a better rugby league international team and domestic scene usa or canada?

seems rugby league lags behind soccer in canada and usa by miles too
the bumsniffers are talking dribble again

Games related to rugby football have been played in Canada since the 19th century, with the first Rugby Union being established in 1861. However, the rugby league made little headway into the country, where rugby union and later Canadian football were the dominant field sports. In 1928 the Great Britain Lions, Britain's national rugby league team, visited Canada on their way home from a tour of Australia and New Zealand. According to the Imperial Rugby League Board, a domestic competition using rugby league rules was held in Canada the following year.[1]

From the late 19th century Canadian unions adopted rule changes, generally similar to changes made in the United States, which created the sport known as Canadian football. Through the 20th century football gained in popularity, displacing other codes. With support declining, the Nova Scotia Rugby Union, which governed the sport in Nova Scotia and the Maritimes, decided to adopt the rugby league code in hopes of saving rugby from the incursion of Canadian football. The switch was first discussed in 1945, but the lack of a rule book precluded any action. The switch was finally agreed upon in 1946, and the switch was made the following season.[2]

With the exception of Halifax schools, which had adopted football, all competitions in the Maritimes, – the senior level, Maritime, high school, and university competitions – made the switch to rugby league. Unlike most rugby league competitions, the NSRU continued to be recognized by the Canadian Rugby Football Union, and all players remained amateur. Though attendance and participation increased in the first year, it did not last, and football continued to increase in popularity throughout the Maritimes. The universities all switched to football by 1955, and the senior league shrank to just four teams. Rugby league continued to be played in many Nova Scotia high schools until 1959, and was still played elsewhere in the Maritimes into the 1960s, but disappeared thereafter.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league_in_Canada


again it is a country where union is more popular
73,664 (total)
14,160 (adult)
55,582 (teenage)
3,922 (pre-teenage) [1]
Clubs 324
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Canada
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
thugby caters for different forms of people.
union people with half a brain
league people with no brains :thumbleft:
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AFL excess of $50m
A league $30 million plus
ARU $27 million
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sydneyfc wrote:
who has a better rugby league international team and domestic scene usa or canada?

seems rugby league lags behind soccer in canada and usa by miles too
Well id imagine theres effeminate weedly little ladyboys in canada who cant play the rough local sports & introduced ones like RL
So easy girly sports like sooker are probably played in decent numbers :cool:
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leagueiscrap wrote:
sydneyfc wrote:
who has a better rugby league international team and domestic scene usa or canada?

seems rugby league lags behind soccer in canada and usa by miles too
the bumsniffers are talking dribble again

Games related to rugby football have been played in Canada since the 19th century, with the first Rugby Union being established in 1861. However, the rugby league made little headway into the country, where rugby union and later Canadian football were the dominant field sports. In 1928 the Great Britain Lions, Britain's national rugby league team, visited Canada on their way home from a tour of Australia and New Zealand. According to the Imperial Rugby League Board, a domestic competition using rugby league rules was held in Canada the following year.[1]

From the late 19th century Canadian unions adopted rule changes, generally similar to changes made in the United States, which created the sport known as Canadian football. Through the 20th century football gained in popularity, displacing other codes. With support declining, the Nova Scotia Rugby Union, which governed the sport in Nova Scotia and the Maritimes, decided to adopt the rugby league code in hopes of saving rugby from the incursion of Canadian football. The switch was first discussed in 1945, but the lack of a rule book precluded any action. The switch was finally agreed upon in 1946, and the switch was made the following season.[2]

With the exception of Halifax schools, which had adopted football, all competitions in the Maritimes, – the senior level, Maritime, high school, and university competitions – made the switch to rugby league. Unlike most rugby league competitions, the NSRU continued to be recognized by the Canadian Rugby Football Union, and all players remained amateur. Though attendance and participation increased in the first year, it did not last, and football continued to increase in popularity throughout the Maritimes. The universities all switched to football by 1955, and the senior league shrank to just four teams. Rugby league continued to be played in many Nova Scotia high schools until 1959, and was still played elsewhere in the Maritimes into the 1960s, but disappeared thereafter.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league_in_Canada


again it is a country where union is more popular
73,664 (total)
14,160 (adult)
55,582 (teenage)
3,922 (pre-teenage) [1]
Clubs 324
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Canada
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
thugby caters for different forms of people.
union people with half a brain
league people with no brains :thumbleft:
Howd you go with yr assignment dumbo?

Ya know
Finding a place... any place where the derps & oopsies is a small cousin to... well.. 8-[ .. anything :-k

Find a place you metho swilling pig shit for brains lying
*****?

No ?

Nothing eh..... 8-[

Wow... thats surprising eh :(/ :lol: :(/ :lol: :_<>

Best you keep your foaming & frothing at the mouth with insane jealousy about RLs far geater presence internationally then your beloved bumbling victardian abortions down to a dull roar dumbo

You just look like a stupid dopey c**** otherwise :cool:
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RL SOO I 4.068 Million
NRL GF 3.968 Million
VFL Grand Final 3.620 Million
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Raiderdave wrote:
leagueiscrap wrote:
sydneyfc wrote:
who has a better rugby league international team and domestic scene usa or canada?

seems rugby league lags behind soccer in canada and usa by miles too
the bumsniffers are talking dribble again

Games related to rugby football have been played in Canada since the 19th century, with the first Rugby Union being established in 1861. However, the rugby league made little headway into the country, where rugby union and later Canadian football were the dominant field sports. In 1928 the Great Britain Lions, Britain's national rugby league team, visited Canada on their way home from a tour of Australia and New Zealand. According to the Imperial Rugby League Board, a domestic competition using rugby league rules was held in Canada the following year.[1]

From the late 19th century Canadian unions adopted rule changes, generally similar to changes made in the United States, which created the sport known as Canadian football. Through the 20th century football gained in popularity, displacing other codes. With support declining, the Nova Scotia Rugby Union, which governed the sport in Nova Scotia and the Maritimes, decided to adopt the rugby league code in hopes of saving rugby from the incursion of Canadian football. The switch was first discussed in 1945, but the lack of a rule book precluded any action. The switch was finally agreed upon in 1946, and the switch was made the following season.[2]

With the exception of Halifax schools, which had adopted football, all competitions in the Maritimes, – the senior level, Maritime, high school, and university competitions – made the switch to rugby league. Unlike most rugby league competitions, the NSRU continued to be recognized by the Canadian Rugby Football Union, and all players remained amateur. Though attendance and participation increased in the first year, it did not last, and football continued to increase in popularity throughout the Maritimes. The universities all switched to football by 1955, and the senior league shrank to just four teams. Rugby league continued to be played in many Nova Scotia high schools until 1959, and was still played elsewhere in the Maritimes into the 1960s, but disappeared thereafter.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league_in_Canada


again it is a country where union is more popular
73,664 (total)
14,160 (adult)
55,582 (teenage)
3,922 (pre-teenage) [1]
Clubs 324
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Canada
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
thugby caters for different forms of people.
union people with half a brain
league people with no brains :thumbleft:
Howd you go with yr assignment dumbo?

Ya know
Finding a place... any place where the derps & oopsies is a small cousin to... well.. 8-[ .. anything :-k

Find a place you metho swilling pig shit for brains lying
*****?

No ?

Nothing eh..... 8-[

Wow... thats surprising eh :(/ :lol: :(/ :lol: :_<>

Best you keep your foaming & frothing at the mouth with insane jealousy about RLs far geater presence internationally then your beloved bumbling victardian abortions down to a dull roar dumbo

You just look like a stupid dopey c**** otherwise :cool:
:lol: :lol:
the article is to big and complex for dribble dick dave to understand :)))
all you need dipshit, that league has bee around in Canada since 1861 & has goine no where :thumbleft:
Union is more popular there :lol:
so again country where league is played & is a minnow sport, it exists only thanks to Union :\:
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A league $30 million plus
ARU $27 million
NRLOL $25 million

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FFS, Union this union that from the dickhead,

Well Union in Canada were that desperate to save their own arses in the early days they switched the RL for a season lock stock and barrel mr know all know nothing fumbler. You don't have a clue about anything, didn't you wash the dirt from your ears and eyes last night, you are dustier than usual.
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They had no rule books, they had no idea about RL and the union lot running it never mentioned it to anyone in RL ever that they used RL instead of Union in some parts of Canada. Unionites stick together the world over and maybe, just maybe if they had of bothered to get in contact with the RFL or ARL back in those early days, they might just of had a chance seeing they could have got the books on the game and learnt how to play and coach it properly. They also could have used any of the big 4 at the time that were traveling through or past North America each fucking year to play exihbition or god forbid, a test match or two to help the profile, make some money and show the Canadians that other people outside their little world played other sports against each other unlike the sport that was taking hold big time because of war and Nationalism in Canadian Football which to this days is still only played in Canada.

I read that right up until the mid to late 70's, school children in some areas played RL and they still didn't know what they were playing, they thought it was a modified version of Union, thus they never ever got any help whatsoever in any capacity at all because the union lot running it were so desperate to cling onto power even to the extent of going down with the ship.


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ParraEelsNRL wrote:
They had no rule books, they had no idea about RL and the union lot running it never mentioned it to anyone in RL ever that they used RL instead of Union in some parts of Canada. Unionites stick together the world over and maybe, just maybe if they had of bothered to get in contact with the RFL or ARL back in those early days, they might just of had a chance seeing they could have got the books on the game and learnt how to play and coach it properly. They also could have used any of the big 4 at the time that were traveling through or past North America each fucking year to play exihbition or god forbid, a test match or two to help the profile, make some money and show the Canadians that other people outside their little world played other sports against each other unlike the sport that was taking hold big time because of war and Nationalism in Canadian Football which to this days is still only played in Canada.

I read that right up until the mid to late 70's, school children in some areas played RL and they still didn't know what they were playing, they thought it was a modified version of Union, thus they never ever got any help whatsoever in any capacity at all because the union lot running it were so desperate to cling onto power even to the extent of going down with the ship.


Do you need some links on todays history lesson again?
no i dont really care or give a shit, searching google, reading, they copy and pasting that article, already has taken 3 minues of my life id rather have back

its in response to this quote "“Rugby league didn’t exist in Canada four years ago" from the origional article
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league dates back to 1861 in canada not 2010 :)))
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A league $30 million plus
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NRLOL $25 million

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leagueiscrap wrote:
ParraEelsNRL wrote:
They had no rule books, they had no idea about RL and the union lot running it never mentioned it to anyone in RL ever that they used RL instead of Union in some parts of Canada. Unionites stick together the world over and maybe, just maybe if they had of bothered to get in contact with the RFL or ARL back in those early days, they might just of had a chance seeing they could have got the books on the game and learnt how to play and coach it properly. They also could have used any of the big 4 at the time that were traveling through or past North America each fucking year to play exihbition or god forbid, a test match or two to help the profile, make some money and show the Canadians that other people outside their little world played other sports against each other unlike the sport that was taking hold big time because of war and Nationalism in Canadian Football which to this days is still only played in Canada.

I read that right up until the mid to late 70's, school children in some areas played RL and they still didn't know what they were playing, they thought it was a modified version of Union, thus they never ever got any help whatsoever in any capacity at all because the union lot running it were so desperate to cling onto power even to the extent of going down with the ship.


Do you need some links on todays history lesson again?
no i dont really care or give a shit, searching google, reading, they copy and pasting that article, already has taken 3 minues of my life id rather have back

its in response to this quote "“Rugby league didn’t exist in Canada four years ago" from the origional article
:lol:
league dates back to 1861 in canada not 2010 :)))
but in 2010 did rugby league exist in canada?

it may have existed in 1861, but the statement RL didnt exist 4 years ago means was there rugby league in 2010?

comprehension is obviously not your strong suit
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pHyR3 wrote:
leagueiscrap wrote:
ParraEelsNRL wrote:
They had no rule books, they had no idea about RL and the union lot running it never mentioned it to anyone in RL ever that they used RL instead of Union in some parts of Canada. Unionites stick together the world over and maybe, just maybe if they had of bothered to get in contact with the RFL or ARL back in those early days, they might just of had a chance seeing they could have got the books on the game and learnt how to play and coach it properly. They also could have used any of the big 4 at the time that were traveling through or past North America each fucking year to play exihbition or god forbid, a test match or two to help the profile, make some money and show the Canadians that other people outside their little world played other sports against each other unlike the sport that was taking hold big time because of war and Nationalism in Canadian Football which to this days is still only played in Canada.

I read that right up until the mid to late 70's, school children in some areas played RL and they still didn't know what they were playing, they thought it was a modified version of Union, thus they never ever got any help whatsoever in any capacity at all because the union lot running it were so desperate to cling onto power even to the extent of going down with the ship.


Do you need some links on todays history lesson again?
no i dont really care or give a shit, searching google, reading, they copy and pasting that article, already has taken 3 minues of my life id rather have back

its in response to this quote "“Rugby league didn’t exist in Canada four years ago" from the original article
:lol:
league dates back to 1861 in canada not 2010 :)))
but in 2010 did rugby league exist in canada?

it may have existed in 1861, but the statement RL didnt exist 4 years ago means was there rugby league in 2010?

comprehension is obviously not your strong suit
thats the quote from the original article
News & StarSportTown
WORKINGTON AND WHITEHAVEN COULD FACE CANADA OPPOSITION
By Tony Harrison

Published at 20:41, Saturday, 11 October 2014

RUGBY LEAGUE EXCLUSIVE: WORKINGTON Town and Whitehaven could soon be lining up against Canadian opposition, should a bid from a Toronto-based consortium come to fruition.

The seven-man consortium has put forward an application to join the Rugby Football League and the subject was well-received at a meeting of Championships representatives in Leeds.

One of the seven businessmen in the consortium, Eric Perez, told News & Star Sport: “Rugby league didn’t exist in Canada four years ago.


league has been in canada since 1860, not just 2010.
its had 150 years to grow its game and has gotten no where.
union has progressed
& league is still its minnow cousin :)))
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leagueiscrap wrote:
pHyR3 wrote:
leagueiscrap wrote:
ParraEelsNRL wrote:
They had no rule books, they had no idea about RL and the union lot running it never mentioned it to anyone in RL ever that they used RL instead of Union in some parts of Canada. Unionites stick together the world over and maybe, just maybe if they had of bothered to get in contact with the RFL or ARL back in those early days, they might just of had a chance seeing they could have got the books on the game and learnt how to play and coach it properly. They also could have used any of the big 4 at the time that were traveling through or past North America each fucking year to play exihbition or god forbid, a test match or two to help the profile, make some money and show the Canadians that other people outside their little world played other sports against each other unlike the sport that was taking hold big time because of war and Nationalism in Canadian Football which to this days is still only played in Canada.

I read that right up until the mid to late 70's, school children in some areas played RL and they still didn't know what they were playing, they thought it was a modified version of Union, thus they never ever got any help whatsoever in any capacity at all because the union lot running it were so desperate to cling onto power even to the extent of going down with the ship.


Do you need some links on todays history lesson again?
no i dont really care or give a shit, searching google, reading, they copy and pasting that article, already has taken 3 minues of my life id rather have back

its in response to this quote "“Rugby league didn’t exist in Canada four years ago" from the original article
:lol:
league dates back to 1861 in canada not 2010 :)))
but in 2010 did rugby league exist in canada?

it may have existed in 1861, but the statement RL didnt exist 4 years ago means was there rugby league in 2010?

comprehension is obviously not your strong suit
thats the quote from the original article
News & StarSportTown
WORKINGTON AND WHITEHAVEN COULD FACE CANADA OPPOSITION
By Tony Harrison

Published at 20:41, Saturday, 11 October 2014

RUGBY LEAGUE EXCLUSIVE: WORKINGTON Town and Whitehaven could soon be lining up against Canadian opposition, should a bid from a Toronto-based consortium come to fruition.

The seven-man consortium has put forward an application to join the Rugby Football League and the subject was well-received at a meeting of Championships representatives in Leeds.

One of the seven businessmen in the consortium, Eric Perez, told News & Star Sport: “Rugby league didn’t exist in Canada four years ago.


league has been in canada since 1860, not just 2010.
its had 150 years to grow its game and has gotten no where.
union has progressed
& league is still its minnow cousin :)))
your logic is either extremely poor or youre trolling.

Let's say, scurvy existed in 1860. But if i say, scurvy didnt exist 4 years ago. That's a correct statement.

No need to research some random incidence of scurvy, its just an example. And no need to make a shitty joke about league being a disease or similar.

A sport may have been there in 1860, but it hasnt been trying to grow for 150 years. It didnt work due to probably oppression by union. It RESTARTED in canada 4 years ago.

I mean, this is leaving aside the fact that rugby league didnt exist till about 1895 or so as wookie pointed out.
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