Editing Rugby league (section)

=== North America ===
As of 2023, there is no professional rugby league in North America. From 2017 to 2020, the [[Toronto Wolfpack]] were [[North America]]'s only active professional Rugby League team, competing in the English Rugby League system. They won the 2017 Kingstone Press League 1 in their inaugural season and earned promotion to the 2018 Rugby League Championship. In 2019 The Wolfpack won promotion to the Super League, lasting only a few months before having to withdraw due to the ongoing worldwide [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. New ownership is currently trying to revive the club with matches against amateur clubs in the US and Canada. Beginning in 2022, the [[Ottawa Aces]] were scheduled to join the English league pyramid, becoming the only Canadian team in the system after the Wolfpack were denied re-entry. The club subsequently relocated to [[Penryn, Cornwall]], and are now known as Cornwall R.L.F.C.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/rugby/english-rugby-league-ottawa-1.5142569|title=Ottawa gets green light for English rugby league franchise|publisher=CBC|author=Neil Davidson|date=20 May 2019|access-date=25 June 2019}}</ref>

In 2021, the [[North American Rugby League]] announced an attempt to be North America's professional championship, with Canadian club Toronto Wolfpack joining several [[USA Rugby League]] clubs, New York Freedom and [[Cleveland Rugby League]] to form the league's inaugural season. Several brand new clubs from Western USA were scheduled to join in 2022 but never played.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/the-14-teams-taking-part-in-the-new-north-american-rugby-league-competition/|title=NARL confirmed c/o Love Rugby League|date=April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/north-american-rugby-league-western-division-suspended-until-2022/7xrp0tzmue4v1pbrd1c65r4xm|title=2022 for NARL Western Conference via Sporting News AU|access-date=25 May 2021|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514084345/https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/north-american-rugby-league-western-division-suspended-until-2022/7xrp0tzmue4v1pbrd1c65r4xm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The new competition is sanctioned by [[Canada Rugby League]], but not yet by the United States governing body. Unfortunately, while some exhibition matches were played in 2021 and 2022, NARL was defunct by 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/new-north-american-rugby-league-not-sanctioned-by-governing-body/|title=USA Rugby League not ready to sanction NARL via Love Rugby League|date=15 April 2021}}</ref>