Ottawa Aces want to follow Toronto Wolfpack’s footsteps into Super League after confirming they will join League One next season.
Rugby league’s latest bold expansion project will see a team based in the Canadian capital under the stewardship of chairman Eric Perez, one of the key figures behind the launch of the Wolfpack.
Perez bought the licence of Hemel Stags before they left the third tier of the professional game in 2019 to rejoin the amateur ranks, and has relocated them to the other side of the Atlantic.
The Aces have yet to sign a player or appoint a coach - although former Catalans boss Laurent Frayssinous has been linked with the post in an area where an estimated 37 percent of the population speak French.
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