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The Toronto Wolfpack, Canada’s first professional rugby team, are the new kids on the city’s sports scene. Still, after attending a game — my first — at Lamport Stadium this weekend, it’s hard not to see how nicely they fit into the local fabric. The team is in its debut season, playing in the lowest tier of the English Rugby Football League, which is split into three divisions.



Here are five things I learned while at my first Wolfpack game:



1. They have passionate supporters: After stepping out of my Uber on Saturday afternoon, I, and scores of spectators, was greeted with the team’s official supporters group, aptly called The Wolves, marching into the stadium — known as “The Den” — complete with flags, signs, drums and original...