{"id":146338,"date":"2020-05-31T15:48:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T13:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/05\/31\/catalans-and-toronto-face-relocation-due-to-covid-travel-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2020-05-31T15:48:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T13:48:02","slug":"catalans-and-toronto-face-relocation-due-to-covid-travel-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=146338","title":{"rendered":"Catalans and Toronto face relocation due to Covid travel restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pandemic has left Super League\u2019s two overseas teams with the prospect of playing home games in England and could hinder further expansion in North AmericaFor 125 years, rugby league\u2019s greatest strength has perhaps been its instinct for innovation. For a sport that often finds itself in the shadows of its sporting cousins, it has consistently tried to broaden its own horizons.Never has that been more evident than this year. Catalans Dragons and Toronto Wolfpack play in Super League, Toulouse in the Championship and new teams from Ottawa and New York are due to join the Rugby Football League in 2021. However, as all professional sport plots a route back to normality, league\u2019s most exciting asset could now be perceived as its biggest vulnerability. \u201cThis situation will make it difficult for expansionism moving forward \u2013 we\u2019ll have to adapt,\u201d says the Toronto chairman, Bob Hunter. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2020\/may\/31\/catalans-toronto-rugby-league-relocation-problems-travel-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\">Catalans and Toronto face relocation due to Covid travel restrictions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pandemic has left Super League\u2019s two overseas teams with the prospect of playing home games in England and could hinder further expansion in North AmericaFor 125 years, rugby league\u2019s greatest strength has perhaps been its instinct for innovation. For a sport that often finds itself in the shadows of its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}