2019 Toronto Wolfpack season

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

Pre-season friendlies DateHomeScoreAwayVenueTriesGoalsAttendance19 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

Results DateRndHomeScoreAwayVenueTriesGoalsAttendance3 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 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 6,74913 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 Wolfpack62-8 Barrow Raiders Lamport Stadium Kay (3), Dixon (2), Russell (2), Ackers, McCrone, Mellor, Mullally O’Brien 9/11 7,129 7 September 27 Toronto Wolfpack46-12 Leigh Centurions Lamport Stadium McCrone (2), Beswick, Kay, Mellor, Miloudi, O’Brien, Russell O’Brien 7/8 8,152

Play-offs DateGameHomeScoreAwayVenueTriesGoalsAttendance 22 September Semi-final Toronto Wolfpack40-24 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

NoPlayerPositionAppsTriesGoalsDGPoints 1 27 27 20 99 0 278 2 25 21 27 0 0 108 3 29 17 13 0 0 52 4 28 28 18 0 0 72 5 28 16 11 0 0 44 6 28 21 8 0 0 32 7 31 28 9 1 1 39 8 32 17 5 0 0 20 9 35 17 4 0 0 16 10 34 23 0 0 0 0 11 29 29 13 0 0 52 12 30 21 4 0 0 16 13 35 27 2 0 0 8 14 26 29 14 0 0 56 15 29 25 3 0 0 12 16 27 29 4 0 0 16 17 27 23 16 35 0 134 18 25 18 0 0 0 0 19 28 3 2 0 0 8 20 31 7 3 0 0 12 21 27 24 4 0 0 16 22 28 9 2 0 0 8 23 26 5 1 1 0 6 24 23 14 9 0 0 36 25 23 3 1 0 0 4 26 23 2 0 0 0 0 27 26 10 4 4 1 25 29 31 2 1 0 0 4 33 27 1 0 0 0 0

Transfers

In NatNamePositionSigned fromDateRicky LeuteleCentre Cronulla-Sutherland SharksMay 2018Jon WilkinSecond row St. HelensOctober 2018Joe MellorScrum half Widnes VikingsOctober 2018Bodene ThompsonSecond row Warrington WolvesOctober 2018Tom OlbisonSecond row Widnes VikingsOctober 2018Gadwin SpringerProp Castleford TigersOctober 2018Anthony MullallyProp Leeds RhinosFebruary 2019Jack LoganCentre Hull F.C. (Loan)March 2019Brad FashSecond row Hull F.C. (Loan)March 2019Hakim MiloudiWing Hull F.C.April 2019

Out NatNamePositionClub signedDateJack BusseyLoose forward Featherstone RoversSeptember 2018Cory PatersonSecond rowRetirementOctober 2018Richard WhitingCentreRetirementOctober 2018Quinn NgawatiStand offReleasedOctober 2018Jonny PownallWing Leigh CenturionsNovember 2018James LaithwaiteSecond rowRetirementNovember 2018Ryan BurroughsWingReleasedNovember 2018Sam HopkinsProp Workington TownDecember 2018Jack BuchananPropBurleigh BearsJanuary 2019Olsi KrasniqiProp London BroncosMay 2019Jacob EmmittProp Leigh CenturionsMarch 2019Nick RawsthorneCentre York City Knights (Loan)April 2019Mason Caton-BrownWing Wakefield TrinityApril 2019Ryan BrierleyStand off Leigh Centurions (Loan)April 2019Adam HigsonWing Leigh CenturionsJune 2019

Milestones

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

Round 1: Ricky Leutele, Joe Mellor, Bodene Thompson, Jon Wilkin, Tom Olbison and Gadwin Springer made their debuts for the Wolfpack. Round 1: Joe Mellor scored his 1st try for the Wolfpack. Round 2: Jacob Emmitt made his 50th appearance for the Wolfpack. Round 2: Matty Russell scored his 1st four-try haul and 1st hat-trick for the Wolfpack. Round 2: Ricky Leutele scored his 1st try for the Wolfpack. Round 2: Gareth O'Brien reached 200 points for the Wolfpack. Round 4: Anthony Mullally made his debut for the Wolfpack. Round 4: Bodene Thompson scored his 1st try for the Wolfpack. Round 5: Bob Beswick made his 50th appearance for the Wolfpack. Round 6: Jack Logan made his debut for the Wolfpack. Round 6: Blake Wallace made his 50th appearance for the Wolfpack. Round 7: Brad Fash made his debut for the Wolfpack. Round 7: Jack Logan and Jon Wilkin scored their 1st try for the Wolfpack. Round 8: Andrew Dixon scored his 1st hat-trick for the Wolfpack. Round 9: Andrew Dixon made his 50th appearance for the Wolfpack. Round 9: Hakim Miloudi made his debut for the Wolfpack. Round 9: Tom Olbison scored his 1st try for the Wolfpack. Round 9: Blake Wallace kicked his 1st goal for the Wolfpack. Round 10: Gareth O'Brien scored his 2nd hat-trick for the Wolfpack. Round 10: Blake Wallace scored his 5th hat-trick for the Wolfpack. Round 10: Blake Wallace reached 200 points for the Wolfpack. Round 11: Matty Russell scored his 2nd hat-trick for the Wolfpack. Round 11: Josh McCrone kicked his 1st drop goal for the Wolfpack.

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

External links Toronto Wolfpack