Canada will host three fellow Americas teams at the inaugural Americas Nines Championship in May. Americas Championship stalwarts USA, Canada and Jamaica along with Emerging Nations side Latin Heat will compete across nine matches and four hours of action.

The tournament will be held on Saturday, May 18 at Lamport Stadium, home to the Toronto Wolfpack with kick-off at 1pm.

The Americas Rugby League Nines Cup will take place every two years beginning in 2019 at Lamport Stadium in Toronto. Countries participating are Jamaica, USA, Canada plus the combined Latin American team which has been running since 2013s. The 2021 Americas Rugby League Nines Cup is looking to include more South American countries plus women’s teams.