As the tour occurred before the 1895 schism of rugby football—where many northern English rugby clubs left the Rugby Football Union to form the Northern Union—many of the team's opponents in the British Isles later elected to play rugby league rather than rugby union.
The tour occurred before the 1895 rift in rugby football, when many northern English rugby clubs broke away from the Rugby Football Union to create the Northern Union. Consequently, many of their opponents in the British Isles eventually chose rugby league over rugby union.