2019 Toronto Wolfpack season

Avg. attendance7,882Agg. attendance94,580High attendance9,974 (vs. Featherstone Rovers)Top scorersTriesScotland Matty Russell (27)GoalsEngland Gareth O'Brien (99)PointsEngland Gareth O'Brien (278)
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This article details the Toronto Wolfpack's rugby league football club's 2019 season. This is the Wolfpack's third season overall and second season in the RFL Championship.

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season friendlies

Date Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Attendance
19 January Hull Kingston Rovers 24-14 Toronto Wolfpack Craven Park O'Brien, Thompson, Wheeler O'Brien 1/3
26 January Bradford Bulls 12-48 Toronto Wolfpack Odsal Stadium Ackers (2), Wallace (2), Dixon, Higson, Mellor, O'Brien, Wheeler O'Brien 4/6, Wallace 2/3

Championship

Table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Toronto Wolfpack 27 26 0 1 1010 356 +654 52 Play-off semi-final
2 Toulouse Olympique 27 20 0 7 877 446 +431 40 Play-off qualifying final
3 York City Knights 27 19 1 7 612 529 +83 39
4 Leigh Centurions 27 18 0 9 792 558 +234 36 Play-off elimination final
5 Featherstone Rovers 27 17 0 10 837 471 +366 34
6 Bradford Bulls 27 16 1 10 717 522 +195 33
7 Sheffield Eagles 27 15 0 12 748 694 +54 30
8 Halifax 27 10 1 16 602 685 −83 21
9 Swinton Lions 27 10 1 16 619 803 −184 21
10 Batley Bulldogs 27 8 1 18 462 756 −294 17
11 Widnes Vikings 27 14 0 13 646 586 +60 16[a]
12 Dewsbury Rams 27 6 2 19 513 721 −208 14
13 Barrow Raiders 27 5 1 21 479 861 −382 11 Relegated to League 1
14 Rochdale Hornets 27 1 0 26 342 1268 −926 2
Source: [1]
Notes:
  1. ^ Widnes deducted 12 points for going into administration.[1]

Results

Date Rnd Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Attendance
3 February 1 York City Knights 0-14 Toronto Wolfpack Bootham Crescent Mellor, Russell, Wheeler O’Brien 1/3 2,518
10 February 2 Rochdale Hornets 6-58 Toronto Wolfpack Crown Oil Arena Russell (4), Emmitt, Leutele, Lussick, Mellor, O’Brien, Sidlow, Stanley O’Brien 7/11 694
16 February 3 Toronto Wolfpack 30-6 Widnes Vikings Kingston Park Stadium Ackers (2), Leutele, Wallace, Wheeler O’Brien 5/6 1,817
24 February 4 Leigh Centurions 8-14 Toronto Wolfpack Leigh Sports Village Higson, Thompson, Wallace O’Brien 1/3 3,142
3 March 5 Dewsbury Rams 17-22 Toronto Wolfpack Crown Flatt Brierley, Higson, O’Brien, Wallace O’Brien 3/4 1,251
9 March 6 Toulouse Olympique 46-16 Toronto Wolfpack Stade Ernest-Argelès Beswick, Leutele, Wallace O’Brien 2/3 6,103
17 March 7 Toronto Wolfpack 34-12 Batley Bulldogs Craven Park Leutele (2), Russell (2), Dixon, Logan, Wilkin O’Brien 2/6, Brierley 1/1 7,203[a]
24 March 8 Halifax 12-48 Toronto Wolfpack The Shay Dixon (3), Russell (2), Wallace (2), Rawsthorne, Wilkin O’Brien 6/9 2,090
6 April 9 Toronto Wolfpack 40-10 Sheffield Eagles New River Stadium Russell (2), Wallace (2), Ackers, Olbison, Sidlow, Stanley O'Brien 1/4, Wallace 3/4 1,148
19 April 10 Barrow Raiders 26-52 Toronto Wolfpack Craven Park O'Brien (3), Wallace (3), Ackers, Dixon, Russell Wallace 8/9 1,417
22 April 11 Featherstone Rovers 14-23 Toronto Wolfpack Post Office Road Russell (3), Dixon, O’Brien Wallace 1/5, McCrone DG 2,101
28 April 12 Toronto Wolfpack 52-10 Swinton Lions Lamport Stadium Wallace (2), Ackers, Dixon, Higson, Leutele, O'Brien, Olbison, Thompson Wallace 8/10 9,562
4 May 13 Toronto Wolfpack 36-16 Bradford Bulls Lamport Stadium Rawsthorne (2), Kay, Leutele, O'Brien, Sidlow, Stanley O'Brien 4/7 8,363
18 May 14 Toulouse Olympique 14-42 Toronto Wolfpack Bloomfield Road Stanley (3), Lussick, McCrone, O'Brien, Rawsthorne O'Brien 7/8 7,912
24 May 15 Sheffield Eagles 16-42 Toronto Wolfpack Olympic Legacy Park Dixon (2), Ackers, Kay, Leutele, Rawsthorne, Stanley, Wallace Wallace 5/8 932
9 June 16 Swinton Lions 14-34 Toronto Wolfpack Heywood Road Leutele (2), Beswick, Dixon, Sidlow, Stanley Wallace 5/6 1,281
15 June 17 Toronto Wolfpack 70-8 Dewsbury Rams Lamport Stadium Kay (2), Mullally (2), Russell (2), Ackers, Beswick, Mellor, O'Brien, Sidlow, Wallace O'Brien 11/12 6,735
22 June 18 Toronto Wolfpack 28-16 Toulouse Olympique Lamport Stadium Worthington (2), Ackers, Russell O'Brien 6/7 7,742
30 June 19 Batley Bulldogs 10-40 Toronto Wolfpack The Fox's Biscuits Stadium Ackers (2), Leutele (2), Russell (2), O'Brien O'Brien 5/5, Wallace 1/1 , Miloudi 0/1 894
6 July 20 Toronto Wolfpack 34-12 Halifax Lamport Stadium O'Brien (2), Ackers, Kay, Olbison O'Brien 5/6 6,749
13 July 21 Toronto Wolfpack 22-18 Featherstone Rovers Lamport Stadium Leutele, McCrone, O'Brien, Stanley O'Brien 3/4, Rawsthorne 0/1 7,819
21 July 22 Widnes Vikings 19-24 Toronto Wolfpack Halton Stadium Lussick, Mullally, Rawsthorne, Stanley, Thompson McCrone 1/4, Miloudi 1/1 3,813
4 August 23 Bradford Bulls 20-25 Toronto Wolfpack Odsal Stadium Leutele (2), Rawsthorne (2), Kay Wallace 1/3, Miloudi 1/2, Miloudi DG 3,121
10 August 24 Toronto Wolfpack 56-6 York City Knights Lamport Stadium O’Brien (3), Ackers (2), McCrone (2), Miloudi (2), Dixon, Rawsthorne, Russell O’Brien 5/10, Wallace 1/1 7,261
17 August 25 Toronto Wolfpack 46-0 Rochdale Hornets Lamport Stadium Russell (3), O’Brien (2), Stanley (2), Miloudi, Olbison O’Brien 3/7, Miloudi 2/3 5,769
31 August 26 Toronto Wolfpack 62-8 Barrow Raiders Lamport Stadium Kay (3), Dixon (2), Russell (2), Ackers, McCrone, Mellor, Mullally O’Brien 9/11 7,129
7 September 27 Toronto Wolfpack 46-12 Leigh Centurions Lamport Stadium McCrone (2), Beswick, Kay, Mellor, Miloudi, O’Brien, Russell O’Brien 7/8 8,152

Play-offs

Date Game Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Attendance
22 September Semi-final Toronto Wolfpack 40-24 Toulouse Olympique Lamport Stadium Leutele (3), Mellor (2), Kay, McCrone, Stanley O’Brien 4/8 9,325
5 October Grand Final Toronto Wolfpack 24-6 Featherstone Rovers Lamport Stadium McCrone, Mellor, Thompson, Wallace O’Brien 2/3, Wallace 2/2 9,974

Squad statistics

As of 5 October

No Player Position Age Apps Tries Goals DG Points
1 Gareth O'Brien Fullback 27 27 20 99 0 278
2 Matty Russell Wing 25 21 27 0 0 108
3 Chase Stanley Centre 29 17 13 0 0 52
4 Ricky Leutele Centre 28 28 18 0 0 72
5 Liam Kay Wing 28 16 11 0 0 44
6 Joe Mellor Halfback 28 21 8 0 0 32
7 Josh McCrone Scrum-half 31 28 9 1 1 39
8 Adam Sidlow Prop 32 17 5 0 0 20
9 Bob Beswick Hooker 35 17 4 0 0 16
10 Ashton Sims Prop 34 23 0 0 0 0
11 Andrew Dixon Second-row 29 29 13 0 0 52
12 Bodene Thompson Second-row 30 21 4 0 0 16
13 Jon Wilkin Loose forward 35 27 2 0 0 8
14 Andy Ackers Hooker 26 29 14 0 0 56
15 Darcy Lussick Prop 29 25 3 0 0 12
16 Tom Olbison Second-row 27 29 4 0 0 16
17 Blake Wallace Stand-off 27 23 16 35 0 134
18 Gadwin Springer Prop 25 18 0 0 0 0
19 Gary Wheeler Wing 28 3 2 0 0 8
20 Adam Higson Wing 31 7 3 0 0 12
21 Anthony Mullally Prop 27 24 4 0 0 16
22 Greg Worthington Centre 28 9 2 0 0 8
23 Ryan Brierley Stand-off 26 5 1 1 0 6
24 Nick Rawsthorne Centre 23 14 9 0 0 36
25 Jack Logan Centre 23 3 1 0 0 4
26 Brad Fash Lock 23 2 0 0 0 0
27 Hakim Miloudi Wing 26 10 4 4 1 25
29 Jacob Emmitt Prop 31 2 1 0 0 4
33 Olsi Krasniqi Prop 27 1 0 0 0 0

Transfers

In

Nat Name Position Signed from Date
Australia Ricky Leutele Centre Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks May 2018
England Jon Wilkin Second row St. Helens October 2018
England Joe Mellor Scrum half Widnes Vikings October 2018
New Zealand Bodene Thompson Second row Warrington Wolves October 2018
England Tom Olbison Second row Widnes Vikings October 2018
France Gadwin Springer Prop Castleford Tigers October 2018
England Anthony Mullally Prop Leeds Rhinos February 2019
England Jack Logan Centre Hull F.C. (Loan) March 2019
England Brad Fash Second row Hull F.C. (Loan) March 2019
France Hakim Miloudi Wing Hull F.C. April 2019

Out

Nat Name Position Club signed Date
England Jack Bussey Loose forward Featherstone Rovers September 2018
Australia Cory Paterson Second row Retirement October 2018
England Richard Whiting Centre Retirement October 2018
Canada Quinn Ngawati Stand off Released October 2018
England Jonny Pownall Wing Leigh Centurions November 2018
England James Laithwaite Second row Retirement November 2018
United States Ryan Burroughs Wing Released November 2018
Wales Sam Hopkins Prop Workington Town December 2018
Australia Jack Buchanan Prop Burleigh Bears January 2019
Albania Olsi Krasniqi Prop London Broncos May 2019
England Jacob Emmitt Prop Leigh Centurions March 2019
England Nick Rawsthorne Centre York City Knights (Loan) April 2019
England Mason Caton-Brown Wing Wakefield Trinity April 2019
England Ryan Brierley Stand off Leigh Centurions (Loan) April 2019
England Adam Higson Wing Leigh Centurions June 2019

Milestones

Former Leeds Rhinos coach Brian McDermott has been named new Toronto Wolfpack head coach.[2]

The Wolfpack warming up for the round 11 match against Featherstone in April 2019
  • Round 13: Gareth O'Brien kicked his 100th goal for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 14: Chase Stanley scored his 1st hat-trick for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 14: Gareth O'Brien reached 300 points for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 15: Liam Kay made his 50th appearance for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 16: Andrew Dixon scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 17: Anthony Mullally scored his 1st try for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 17: Matty Russell scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 19: Andy Ackers made his 50th appearance for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 20: Josh McCrone made his 50th appearance for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 20: Gareth O'Brien scored his 25th try for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 22: Josh McCrone and Hakim Miloudi kicked their 1st goal for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 23: Greg Worthington made his 50th appearance for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 23: Hakim Miloudi kicked his 1st drop goal for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 23: Nick Rawsthorne scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 24: Gareth O'Brien scored his 3rd hat-trick for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 24: Andy Ackers scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 24: Hakim Miloudi scored his 1st try for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 24: Gareth O'Brien reached 400 points for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 25: Matty Russell scored his 3rd hat-trick for the Wolfpack.
  • Round 26: Liam Kay scored his 8th hat-trick for the Wolfpack.
  • Semi Final: Gareth O'Brien made his 50th appearance for the Wolfpack.
  • Semi Final: Ricky Leutele scored his 1st hat-trick for the Wolfpack.
  • Final: Ashton Sims made his 50th appearance for the Wolfpack.
  • Final: Blake Wallace scored his 50th try for the Wolfpack.

References

  1. ^ "Widnes Vikings: RFL accepts new takeover deal but still imposes 12-point penalty". BBC Sport. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Wolfpack turn to 'world-class coach' McDermott, set sights on Super League". CBC Sport. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  1. ^ Aggregate number of visitors at the double header with Hull FC – Catalans Dragons opening game

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