On Friday the Super League clubs deferred a decision whether Toronto Wolfpack could take part in the 2021 competition.
But what can be learnt from British rugby league's attempts to expand beyond northern England since the 1900s? The latest ‘Rugby Reloaded’ asks if it is doomed to failure or are the lessons going unheeded... and why might Canada offer an answer?
For more on the early history of rugby league in Canada, listen to Rugby Reloaded episode 57: Before the Wolfpack.
The first RL exhibition match in Canada… in 1928