Toronto Wolfpack improve to 15-0-0 with another lopsided rugby league win
TORONTO — Captain Craig Hall scored four tries and 38 points Saturday as the unbeaten Toronto Wolfpack ran roughshod over their latest transatlantic visitor, pounding the Hemel Stags 74-16.
It was first versus worst in the standings with the fully professional Wolfpack beating up another team of part-timers in the Kingstone Press League 1, the third tier of English rugby league where Toronto (15-0-0) has had to start life.
Hemel (1-14-0) was outgunned but made the most of Toronto errors before a Wolfpack-record crowd of 7,247 at Lamport Stadium. The Wolfpack padded their lead with six unanswered second-half tries.
“We started phenomenally well, really aggressive,” said coach Paul Rowley. “It came a little bit easy and we took our foot off the gas. But credit to Hemel. I thought their courage and endeavour brought them into the game. And every point they scored they deserved. I’ve got a lot of respect for how they applied themselves today.