Toronto and Williams arrive in RFL on a mission to stay the distance | Aaron Bower

01 February 2020 12:00
With the former All Black Sonny Bill Williams on board the Wolfpack are viewing this as just the startLate April, 2016. A handful of reporters are crammed into a small room at the University of Leeds to learn more about what many people have deemed the latest PR stunt in rugby league’s never-ending pursuit of expansion. Toronto Wolfpack were confirmed as the newest team in the Rugby Football League but had we not been here before?Paris Saint-Germain came and went, Oxford were here today, gone tomorrow. There have been countless others, too. Toronto were, it was suggested, likely to be the same, which will make the events of Sunday afternoon at Headingley all the more remarkable, when the Wolfpack make their Super League debut only three years after playing their first game. Related: Sonny Bill Williams admits need to prove himself again with Wolfpack Related: Super League breaks new boundaries but Folau signing crosses a line | Aaron Bower Continue readingread full article

Source: TheGuardian