Summary

  • FT: Toronto Wolfpack 24-6 Featherstone Rovers

  • Wolfpack reach top tier after just three years

  • Featherstone had led 6-4 at half-time

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  1. Postpublished at 8 mins

    Toronto 0-0 Featherstone

    Toronto start attacking down the left and move it right.

    The ball is kept alive, quick hands and is knocked down by a Featherstone defender.

    Toronto with a repeat set now... will something come of it?

  2. Postpublished at 7 mins

    Toronto 0-0 Featherstone

    First error of the game as James Harrison drops a pass in his own half.

    The scrum is set and Toronto have their first real crack at the try line...

  3. Postpublished at 5 mins

    Toronto 0-0 Featherstone

    Alex Sutcliffe finds a wee bit of room, and tries to bust through the line. Featherstone looking bright and certainly not overawed by the occasion.

    Again the set finishes with a kick to the right corner. Pressure piled on the chasers.

  4. Postpublished at 3 mins

    Toronto 0-0 Featherstone

    The early metres come a little easier for Toronto, they like to slide the ball wide.

    Featherstone finding the going tougher when they regain possession.

  5. Postpublished at 2 mins

    Toronto 0-0 Featherstone

    Featherstone right up the middle, hammering, hammering and hammering as they get physical with their first set!

    Nice marker set right there.

  6. Kick-offpublished at 19:39 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Toronto 0-0 Featherstone

    HERE. WE. GO.

    Toronto get the game under way.

  7. Postpublished at 19:38 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Time to fly national flags and belt out national anthems. O Canada gets rapturous applause.

    It is a gloriously sunny afternoon in Canada today, it must be added.

  8. Postpublished at 19:35 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    We have been signposting to a 19:30 BST kick-off, but obviously that is going to be delayed.

    Teams are just coming out now.

    Kick-off not far away... definitely, maybe.

  9. Postpublished at 19:33 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Toronto v Featherstone (19:30 BST)

    A bit of 'We Will Rock You' by Queen blasting out at the Lamport Stadium.

    Let's hope it will be a bit more rock n' roll than last season, when London prevailed 4-2 in a game without any tries.

  10. Wolfpack against Flat-capperspublished at 19:29 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Toronto v Featherstone (19:30 BST)

    There is a lot riding on today's game as two continents collide.

    BBC rugby league correspondent Dave Woods took a look at what this match means to these clubs and the game in general.

    Click on the link below to read all about it.

    Can Toronto complete journey to Super League?

    Toronto Wolfpack are 80 minutes away from a place in Super League as they face Featherstone in the Championship play-off final.

    Read More
  11. Team Newspublished at 19:26 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Toronto v Featherstone (19:30 BST)

    Toronto's former Brisbane, North Queensland and Warrington star Ashton Sims will want to bring a glorious end to his career today and starts in what is his final match before retirement.

    The big news for Featherstone is that hooker Cameron King has been passed fit to play his first play-off game, although he will come off the bench after recovering from concussion. There is a start for Jack Bussey against his former side.

    Toronto Wolfpack: O'Brien; Kay, Stanley, Leutele, Russell; Mellor, McCrone; Mullally, Ackers, Sims, Dixon, Thompson, Wilkin.

    Interchange: Wallace, Lussick, Olbinson, Springer.

    Featherstone Rovers: Golding; Render, Hardcastle, Sutcliffe, Johnson; Chisholm, McLelland; Davies, Jones, Ormondroyd, Bussey, Harrison, Lockwood.

    Interchange: Albert, Cooper, Makatoa, King.

  12. How did Featherstone get here?published at 19:24 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Toronto v Featherstone (19:30 BST)

    Featherstone's Ashton Golding celebratesImage source, swpix.com

    Well, to start with they were not expected to be the ones to meet favourites Toronto in today’s showdown.

    From fifth in the table, the flat-cappers (yep, that is the self-styled nickname they go by), have got past Leigh, York and Toulouse – all away from home – to make it a match branded as the ‘Million Pound Game’.

    While they have failed to beat Toronto this season, they have twice run them close and will demand huge respect from the hosts again today.

  13. How did the Wolfpack get here?published at 19:20 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Toronto v Featherstone (19:30 BST)

    Last season, Toronto fell at this very hurdle as the London Broncos upstaged them in Canada.

    This year, led by four-time Grand Final-winning former Leeds coach Brian McDermott, the Wolfpack were runaway leaders of the Championship, finishing 12 points clear of second-placed Toulouse.

    They lost only one of their 27 Championship games.

    A Ricky Leutele hat-trick helped them overcome Toulouse in the qualifying final to reach the decider once again.

    Jon WilkinImage source, swpix.com
  14. Postpublished at 19:17 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Toronto v Featherstone (19:30 BST)

    Toronto stadiumImage source, swpix.com

    Will it mean the English top-flight expands across the Atlantic for the first time, or welcomes another side from the game’s northern hotbed into the fold?

    The contrast between the multi-million pound Toronto Wolfpack project and the rise of part-timers Featherstone could not be more stark.

    Welcome to the Million Pound Game. The Championship play-off decider. THE BIG ONE.

    Fans at FeatherstoneImage source, swpix.com
  15. Postpublished at 19:16 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Today, one team will confirm their Super League status.

    Super League ballImage source, swpix.com
  16. Postpublished at 19:15 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    A giant of a bygone era…

    Featherstone with Challenge Cup trophyImage source, Getty Images
  17. Postpublished at 19:15 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    A brave new world meets…

    Toronto flagImage source, swpix.com