
Wolfpack founder Eric Perez part of consortium that has bought Hemel Stags
TORONTO — Eric Perez, who helped bring professional rugby league to North America in the form of the Toronto Wolfpack, now has an ownership stake in another club.
Perez confirmed he is part of the consortium that has acquired Hemel Stags, who withdrew from the third-tier League 1 for the 2019 season with an eye to returning in 2020.
The Stags, on their website, say they have been acquired by a Canadian consortium.
The board of the Rugby Football League, the governing body of English rugby league, considered at a meeting last week an application to relocate the Hemel franchise as well as a separate application to launch a club in New York.