Some photographs aim to create works of art. Others aim to provide a visual record of something unusual and/or important. Oh sure, I know that one person's work of art seems like crap to another and what is unusual and/or important depends on experience, context and values. The following images are far from works of art, being photos of a live internet broadcast of a
Rugby League game, post-processed to capture feebly the spirit of a sport played professionally in England since 1895.
However, the images do provide a record of a happening that's not just unusual but unique. The event was the never-to-be-repeated
first home game of the
Toronto Wolfpack. The Wolfpack is the first professional rugby team in Canada (i.e.,
Rugby League or
Rugby Union); the only professional Rugby team now operating in North America (i.e., the American
PRO Rugby Union League, which included five teams, died ignominiously after its inaugural season in 2016); and the world's first transatlantic professional sport team (i.e., a team that plays in a league across the Atlantic).
The images show:
A breakaway by Toronto (in white) against Oxford
A brawl toward the end of the game.
Canadians know that a good game demands a good brawl - a lesson learned from ice hockey
The Toronto Wolfpack cheerleaders, known as the SheWolves
Note the cameraman to the right of the photo.
The
SheWolves had plenty to cheers about because the
Wolfpack beat Oxford 62-12. The team covered itself with glory after becoming the English third tier champions in their inagural season.
Cheers
Mike