Hemel Stags

• Ottawa set to unveil rugby league team on March 9

  The Ottawa team is set to start play in 2021 at TD Place Stadium in the third-tier League 1.

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  Mar 4, 2020
  
• New Ottawa rugby league team now expected to take the field in 2021

  Eric Perez, founder and the first CEO of the Toronto Wolfpack, has already earned the green light from the governing body of English rugby league to move the Hemel Stags.

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  Jul 29, 2019
  
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• Governing body of English rugby league approves franchise move to Ottawa

  A "super-excited" Eric Perez has got the green light to put a franchise in Ottawa. And he has a wealth of experience from building the Toronto Wolfpack from scratch to get the ball rolling again.

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  May 21, 2019
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• Toronto Wolfpack founder looking to bring rugby league team to Ottawa

  The Hemel Stags withdrew from England's third-tier League 1 for the 2019 season with an eye to returning in 2020. Perez's plan is to install the team in Ottawa, playing out of TD Place Stadium.

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  Mar 21, 2019