Toronto Wolfpack rugby league dream started on a fish and chips wrapper
TORONTO — Eric Perez recalls writing down his blueprint for rugby league in Canada on a fish and chips wrapper.
Then he threw himself into reaching his five goals, with the main one bringing a team in Toronto.
“Rugby league has consumed me since 2010,” he said.
Some 500 days after announcing the creation of the Toronto Wolfpack to mostly local disbelief, Perez watched his first-year team celebrate winning the Kingstone Press League 1 title and promotion to England’s second tier with a 26-2 victory Saturday over the Barrow Raiders before a season-high attendance of 7,972.