The Hurricanes Rugby League are a Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n rugby league football team. Formed in 2011 with the intention of becoming Jamaica's first professional

Professional sports

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 rugby league team, they hope to play in one of the domestic competitions in the United States

United States

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 by 2013.

History

The Hurricanes Rugby League were officially launched on the 26 February 2011 at GC Forster College, Spanish Town

Spanish Town

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, Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

. The Hurricanes' aim to to create a professional rugby league team to compete in one of the domestic competitions in the United States, the American National Rugby League

American National Rugby League

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 (AMNRL) or the USA Rugby League

USA Rugby League

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 (USARL) by by 2013. The team was founded by Australian Dane Campbell

Dane Campbell

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, a former player for the Newcastle Knights

Newcastle Knights

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 of the National Rugby League

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(NRL). Campbell is is the sole owner of the franchise.

Squad

• Romaen Campbell
• Tyronie Rowe
• Sandino Hastings
• Ryan Grant
• Renaldo Wade
• Adrian Myers

The Hurricanes Rugby League Academy will also train school aged players between 14-19 years of age in the hope of developing them into full time professionals.