March 15, 2021 - 9:39 AM
TORONTO - The Canada Co-Operative Championship Rugby League, which is hoping to help grow rugby league in the country, has named former Leeds Rhinos star Stevie Ward its director of welfare and safety.
Ward has also been appointed to the CCCRL s board of directors.
Organizers of the CCCRL hope to kick-start rugby league at the grassroots level in Canada. Their goal is to eventually establish a 12-team league with both men s and women s teams with fans literally able to buy into the concept.
The idea is to start with a six-team league in 2023, with plans of increasing up to 12 teams â six men s and six women s â with representation from B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec.
Neil Davidson
Rugby training gear is shown during a Torotno Wolfpack during a practice at Lamport Stadium in Toronto. Bradford, Featherstone, Leigh, London, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Neil Davidson March 01, 2021 - 6:44 AM
TORONTO - Professional rugby league in Canada lasted less than four seasons with the Toronto Wolfpack. The Ottawa Aces have yet to take the field.
But there are plans to kick-start the sport at the grassroots level in Canada, in the form of the Canada Co-Operative Championship Rugby League (CCCRL). Organizers hope to eventually establish a 12 -team league with both men s and women s teams with fans literally able to buy into the concept.