Deletion of Hurricanes Rugby League

Comment: I believe it does not pass . Point 5 states : '''Wikipedia is not a collection of product announcements and rumors.'''. At this time all that exists is the announcement of the intention to play in one of two possible leagues, without confirmation from the individual league that a place has been offered and accepted then there can be no indication that the team will actually ever play a match
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:CRYSTAL)

Comment: The general consensus is that Hurricanes Rugby League passes . I have relisted the debate to allow further discussion about whether the subject passes 
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:CRYSTAL)

Comment:  does not supersede , and the wording of  makes that fairly plain. Looking more directly at the content and sourcing, this is clearly an actual entity, and not an "anticipated" (using the wording from ) entity. Whether they compete in one league, the other, or some unanticipated third league, this is an entity that ''currently exists'' and appears to be notable. As such, I don't think  really applies
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:CRYSTAL||WP:CRYSTAL||WP:CRYSTAL)

Comment: While there is a bit of  here i that the team has yet to play at the international level, there is enough 3rd party coverage to meet .  Coverage need not be independent of the sport, only independent of the subject of the article which seems to be the case here
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:CRYSTAL||WP:GNG)