Rugby News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumours
And so we reach the final curtain: rugby league’s domestic season in the northern hemisphere comes to a close this weekend with four immense matches – the Super League Grand Final for both the men and women, plus the promotion play-offs in the Championship and League 1. The wheat has been separated from the chaff. […] READ MORE
The Ottawa Aces XIII announced on November 5th that they will not play in the 2021 Betfred League 1 season. Instead, they will play in the 2022 League 1 season. The Ottawa Aces XIII Plan to Play in 2022 Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our entry into the @TheRFL leagues has been deferred to […] READ MORE
Laurent Frayssinous will be the Ottawa Aces’ first-ever head coach. The former Catalan Dragons head coach and player has not been involved with the game of rugby league since 2017. Now though, he has the opportunity to grow the game of rugby league in Canada’s capital city Ottawa, and in the province of Quebec. There […] READ MORE
This article will cover two cities in the northern hemisphere that have both rugby league and union teams. One city has both professional rugby league and union, while the other one has a professional rugby league team and until recently a professional rugby union team. Both cities are in the north. One had both a […] READ MORE
Liam Kay was the very first player to sign with the Toronto Wolfpack. He is also one of only six Toronto Wolfpack players still with the team. Kay has been proven instrumental in the Wolfpack’s success in their short existence. This article will look at what he means to the Wolfpack and why he should […] READ MORE
The Betfred Super League voted unanimously against cutting next season’s salary cap according to The Canadian Press of TSN. There were talks of reducing the salary cap to £1.8m, which would have been a decrease of 300,000 pounds. Players might be happy with this news though as it means more money in their pockets. However, […] READ MORE
With the Castleford Tigers win ‘somewhat’ taking away some of the gloss of the Toronto Wolfpacks debut Super Rugby fixture, credit should be given to both teams. The Tigers v Wolfpack game took place last Sunday at Emerald Headingley Stadium, Leeds. There, the Wolfpack opened their Super League account with a disappointing 28-10 loss to […] READ MORE
It took the Toronto Wolfpack only three years to get into the Betfred Super League. They dominated each of the three seasons they were in the third and second tier of the Rugby Football League system. However, it’s important to talk about the players that made a difference with the Toronto Wolfpack. This list will […] READ MORE
Raheem Bashir started blogging on a Gmail site called Blogger and has covered sporting events in rugby union/league and soccer. Since then he has become the Last Word on Sports writer for rugby, soccer, and previously basketball. He is also a member of the North American Soccer Reporters and The Rugby Union Writers’ Club.
Raheem graduated from George Brown College with a Digital Media Marketing Post-Grad Certificate in 2019. From the same college, Raheem also did a post-grad certificate in Sport and Event Marketing in 2017. Lastly, he did an undergrad Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 2016.