At the end of an historic 2016 for Turkish rugby league, five clubs are set to make their competitive debut. Eskişehir Aqua Rugy, Bilgi Badgers RFC, Olimpos RK, Bosphorus Wolves and Kadiköy Bulls will face each other in a competition running until March 2017, less than a year after TRL officials first made contact with the RLEF in January 2016.