Ottawa Aces

The Ottawa Aces are a Canadian professional rugby league team based in Ottawa, Ontario. They will play their home matches out of TD Place Stadium.

Ottawa Aces
Club information
Full nameOttawa Aces
Nickname(s)Aces
Colours Red and black
Founded2019 (2019)
Websitewww.ottawaaces.com
Current details
Ground(s)
CoachLaurent Frayssinous[1]
CompetitionLeague 1

History
See also: Hemel Stags

It was first announced in March 2019 that a consortium from Canada, led by Toronto Wolfpack founder Eric Perez, had purchased the license of Rugby Football League member club Hemel Stags and planned to relocate their licence to Canada.[2]

More due diligence took place during 2019 to decide if the club was ready to join the 2020 League 1 competition along with the New York City Rugby League,[3] however at the end of July 2019 it was announced that the club would not enter the league in 2020 and will instead work towards joining the league in 2021.[4]

It was announced on 9 March 2020 that Ottawa Aces will play in the 2021 League 1 competition.[5]

Due to the rise in the number of coronavirus cases in Ontario that would disrupt travel between Canada and the United Kingdom the Aces and the RFL have deferred entry to the competition until 2022.[6]

Stadium
TD Place Stadium
Main article: TD Place Stadium

Ottawa will play their home games at TD Place Stadium which has an artificial turf surface and capacity of 24,000. The stadium is also used for Canadian football and soccer.

Players

2021 Transfers

Gains
PlayerClubContractDate
Louis JouffretFeatherstone RoversN/AJuly 2020
Tom GilmoreHalifaxN/AAugust 2020
Matty FozardLondon BroncosN/AAugust 2020
Ted ChapelhowWidnes VikingsN/AAugust 2020
James ChapelhowWidnes VikingsN/AAugust 2020
Sam WildeWidnes Vikings N/AAugust 2020
Pat MoranWidnes VikingsN/AAugust 2020
Gavin MargueriteCatalans DragonsN/AAugust 2020
Declan O'DonnellWorkington TownN/AAugust 2020
Sam LuckleyNewcastle ThunderN/AAugust 2020
Olly Ashall-BottLondon BroncosN/AAugust 2020
Jack JohnsonWidnes VikingsN/ASeptember 2020
Clement BoyerToulouse OlympiqueN/ASeptember 2020
Calvin WellingtonWorkington TownN/ASeptember 2020
Guy ArmitageLondon BroncosN/ASeptember 2020
Jake MooreWhitehaven RLFCN/ASeptember 2020
Adam LawtonNewcastle ThunderN/AOctober 2020


See also

References
  1. "Aces name Frayssinous as Head Coach". totalrl.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. "Toronto Wolfpack founder looking to bring rugby league team to Ottawa". globalnews.ca. 21 March 2019.
  3. "Overseas clubs - What happens next". RFL. 12 April 2019.
  4. "Ottawa miss out on 2020 arrival". Total Rugby League. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. "Eric Perez unveils 2021 League 1 expansion team Ottawa Aces". Rugby League Hub. 9 March 2020.
  6. "Ottawa Aces: Canadian club defer League One entry until 2022". BBC Sport. 5 November 2020.
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