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TORONTO WOLFPACK PRO RUGBY TEAM NAMES 18 FINALISTS FROM NORTH AMERICA/CARIBBEAN “LAST TACKLE” TRYOUT TOUR


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TORONTO WOLFPACK PRO RUGBY TEAM NAMES 18 FINALISTS FROM NORTH AMERICA/CARIBBEAN “LAST TACKLE” TRYOUT TOUR

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Players from six states, three provinces and Jamaica battle it out and rise to the top in the five-city Last Tackle tryout tour

TORONTO (Nov. 29, 2016) – A grueling five-city tryout tour for a spot on the newly-formed Toronto Wolfpack of the UK’s legendary Rugby Football League has concluded and team officials announced today the 18 finalists that will make the upcoming trip to the UK for one last go – deciding who has what it takes to play professional rugby at the most elite level.

The full contact tryouts – featuring former high school, collegiate and semi-pro/pro American gridiron players, along with some Grade-A North American and Caribbean rugby talent – took place in Toronto, Philadelphia, Tampa, Kinston (Jamaica) and Vancouver, B.C. over the past two months. The end result would see 18 players tabbed to make one final 12-day trip to the UK in December to battle for five positions with the RFL Wolfpack’s premier squad.

Production companies filmed the tour and a docuseries titled “Last Tackle” is set to hit North America in 2017.

The players selected from the Last Tackle tryout tour include:

Name                           Age            Hometown

Monte Gaddis              24                    Cleveland, Ohio

Casey Clark                  26                    Missoula, Mont.

Corey Knox                  27                    Buffalo, N.Y.

Emil Boggren               21                    Toronto, Ont.

Tyronie Rowe              28                    Kingston, Jamaica

Joe Eichner                  25                    Geneva, Fla.

Terrance Williams      23                    Atlanta

Nathan Campbell        26                    St. Elizabeth, Jamaica

Quinn Ngawati            17                    Vancouver Island, B.C.

Matt Walsh                  30                    Sydney, Australia/White Plains, NY

Chad Bain                    24                    Belleville, Ont.

Antonio Baker             29                    Kingston, Jamaica

Sterling Wynn             22                    Sanford, Fla.

Marcus Satavu             28                    Sigatoka, Fiji/Sunnyvale, Calif.

Andrew Zulauga          23                    Tampa, Fla.

Ty Elkins                       32                    Newberry, S.C.

David Coleman            25                    Columbus, Ohio

Kenneth Walker          27                    Kingston, Jamaica

Said Last Tackle’s Adam Fogerty on tryout process: “America is ripe with talent, and the turnout for Last Tackle’s tryout process didn’t disappoint us. We feel we came away with 18 blue chip athletes, many of whom portrayed the tour’s title – Last Tackle – in the most literal sense. This is their last shot at making a professional sports team. The tryout process was thrilling for us to watch, highly aggressive and almost vicious at times, which lends itself well to the rugged nature of rugby league play.

“Everyone at the Toronto Wolfpack organization applauds the effort from all the “Last Tackle” tryout tour recruits. We’ve got one more date scheduled, and it’s a big one, to decide which athletes have what it takes to play professional rugby.”

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