# 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

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 | Teamvte | 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 | Play-off qualifying final |
| 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 | Play-off elimination final |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Relegated to League 1 |
* ↑ Widnes deducted 12 points for going into administration.

#### 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 |
| 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

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

#### Out

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