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TORONTO — Brian McDermott liked what he saw in his first game in Toronto at the Wolfpack’s helm.

The transatlantic rugby league team thumped the Swinton Lions 52-10 Sunday before a record Betfred Championship crowd of 9,562 on a crisp sunny afternoon at Lamport Stadium, surpassing the 9,181 for a 2015 game between Bradford and Leigh, according to the Wolfpack.

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“In terms of the crowd and the venue, it’s been great,” said McDermott, whose first 11 games as Toronto coach were played in England and France. “I’ve heard a lot about it and they were fantastic, the crowd. (They) really understand the sport, really got behind it and fantastic number wasn’t it — nine-and-a-half-thousand people. Really good.”

Blake Wallace scored 24 points in the Wolfpack’s first game in Toronto since Oct. 7 when they lost 4-2 to London Broncos in the Million Pound Game with promotion to the Super League on the line.

Sunday marked a sixth straight win for Toronto (11-1-0) since a 46-16 loss March 9 at Toulouse Olympique, the lone blemish on the Wolfpack schedule. Toronto sits atop the second-tier Championship standings, four points ahead of Toulouse.