Wolfpack down Centurions 34-12 to open season in Betfred Championship

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Kay scored his second of the match a couple minutes after Paterson and Ryan Brierley added another for a 26-12 Toronto lead.

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Kay scored his last try in the dying moments of the match.

The Wolfpack conceded two early tries to go down 12-0 in the first half but tries from Adam Sidlow and Kay cut the deficit to 12-10 at the break.

Toronto had a rocky pre-season punctuated by injuries and the sudden and unexplained departures of star forwards Fuifui Moimoi, Ryan Bailey and Dave Taylor.

Former captain Craig Hall, Steve Crossley, Tom Dempsey, Dan Fleming, Rhys Jacks, Sean Penkywicz and Shaun Pick left the club during the off-season.

Paterson, who previously played for Leigh, is one of several new faces on the Wolfpack. Other newcomers include fellow Australians Jack Buchanan and new captain Josh McCrone, Albanian-born Olsi Krasniqi, Fiji international Ashton Sims and England’s Andy Ackers, Tom Armstrong, Adam Higson, Sam Hopkins, Nick Rawsthorne and Joe Westerman.

Toronto continues its season next weekend against the Barrow Raiders.

The Wolfpack play 14 of their first 15 games in England as their home field, Lamport Stadium, undergoes renovations.

Leigh finished 11th in the Super League last season with a 6-17-0 record and was relegated to the Championship after losing 26-10 to the Catalan Dragon.

Toronto, meanwhile, won promotion from the Kingstone Press League 1 (now the Betfred League 1) by winning the third-tier league with a 20-1-1 record.

The Canadian Press