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New York Rugby League Football Club is an upcoming rugby league football club in the North American Rugby League.

History

It was first reported in October 2017 that a New York consortium were seeking to join the Rugby Football League's League 1 in 2019.[1] Earlier in 2017, Canadian side Toronto Wolfpack became the first transatlantic team to join the league.

On May 20, 2019, the Rugby Football League released a statement on the two prospective overseas clubs. Ottawa had been accepted in principle to join League 1 in 2020 while New York had a change in ownership structure and was encouraged to work toward entry in 2021 instead.[2][3]

In March 2020, it was confirmed that the Ottawa Aces would be accepted for entry to RFL League 1 for the 2021 season, it was decided that adding 2 North American teams to a semi professional league would add extra pressure to current teams. So New York City Rugby League was planned to enter into the Challenge Cup for the 2022 season.[4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ottawa Aces inclusion into the RFL League 1 was delayed until 2022, it is now likely that a New York addition will be further postponed for the time being.[5]

In April 2021, the clubs social media accounts were handed over to New York Freedom, a new franchise that was to be a founder member of the North American Rugby League. However in November 2021, the Freedom announced on their website that they would not be taking part in the NARL.[6]

The original New York City Rugby League RFL bid team is now to join the NARL as a foundation club alongside Atlanta Rhinos, Cleveland, Toronto Wolfpack and Washington D.C. Cavalry.[7]

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References

  1. ^ Bower, Aaron (October 16, 2017). "New York team aiming to emulate Toronto move into League 1 ranks". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "Overseas Clubs Update". Rugby Football League. May 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Davidson, Neil (July 29, 2019). "New Ottawa rugby league team now expected to take the field in 2021". Globalnews.ca.
  4. ^ "Ottawa Aces: Canadian club to join League One in 2021". www.bbc.com. BBC Sport. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "Ottawa Aces: Canadian club postpone League One entry to 2022". www.skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  6. ^ New York pull out of North American Rugby League
  7. ^ North American Rugby League competition “confident” of spring launch

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Rugby_League