The Rugby Football League (RFL) have approved the application of Ottawa to become the second North American city to place a team in the English-based league. The Ottawa team will be a relocation of League 1 side Hemel Stags who took 2019 off. An application for a New York team remains pending with 2021 a likely start-up date. New York beginning play in 2020 has been ruled out since it would be a new startup not a relocation.
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