Rugby News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumours
Louis Jouffret is the first and right now, the only player for the Ottawa Aces XIII. According to The Canadian Press, he started his career with Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan in France’s Elite 1 competition in 2015, on course to joining the Ottawa Aces. He is currently with the Featherstone Rovers, before he earns a cap […] READ MORE
Super League has announced Robert Elstone’s sudden resignation in a surprise move by the often criticized Executive Chairman. The timing of the announced departure of the Super League executive is somewhat curious, with the Betfred Super League on the eve of a new season and with the game of Rugby League in the UK at […] READ MORE
Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League (commonly known as Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League, and is also known as PSG Rugby League or PSG RL) was France’s first-ever Super League team. They were one of the original 12 Super League teams in 1996 who played at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris. It seemed the perfect place to grow […] READ MORE
The Toronto Wolfpack received more good news on Tuesday. Their potential ownership group had begun negotiations with Super League commissioner Robert Elstone on Tuesday. This is according to Matthew Shaw of Total Rugby League. Potential Toronto Wolfpack owners enter negotiations with Super League Not much is known about the potential ownership group. However, it was […] READ MORE
The Toronto Wolfpack has some positive news regarding their own situation. Three ownership groups have shown interest in the Toronto Wolfpack. There are two ownership groups from North America and one from Great Britain. However, it seems that one North American ownership is coming out as the favourite. The Toronto Wolfpack Possible North American Ownership […] 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
The Bradford Bulls have recently been purchased by a new ownership group. This ownership group includes Dewsbury Rams chairman Mark Sawyer, former chief executive of the RFL Nigel Wood, and Ottawa Stags president Eric Perez. Who are the Bulls? The Bradford Bulls are a historic English rugby league team. They have won six championships, including […] READ MORE
Lamport Stadium, in Toronto, Canada, has a strange history. For most of its history the stadium has been largely unused. It has now become the ‘rugby central’ for the Americas. Eric Perez, founder of the Toronto Wolfpack gives a brief history of Lamport Stadium. “It started out as an insane asylum, and then it was […] 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.