In 2014, Toronto investors submitted an application for a professional rugby league franchise in the British/French League 1, the third-tier of the Rugby Football League (RFL) system. It was announced in 2016 that the Toronto Wolfpack would join the RFL's third division League One from April 2017, becoming the not the first professional transatlantic sports team to be based in Toronto in addition to being the first for the RFL system. The team plays in Toronto's 9,600 seat Lamport Stadium, with the goal of earning promotion to the top-tier Super League. The club won the League 1 championship in its inaugural season, thereby earning promotion to the second division Championship for the 2018 season.