A love letter to rugby league, all the way from Canada

Canadian filmmaker Chris Evans was suffering from not being able to watch sport. Then he discovered the NRL.

I approached the club when I landed on the east coast about doing some film work for their games. The games I shot were the Preliminary Final and the RFL Grand Final , where they won promotion into Super League, an unreal accomplishment for the only Canadian team in an English league.I was alright for the first few weeks, kept busy and kept my mind off of it. But then things became repetitive and I felt as if I was just counting down the minutes of each day, waiting for them to pass to the next.

PS. If there's a realm in the rugby league twitter world that I can sit and scroll with some popcorn and beer and enjoy reading the banter between club supporters, I would love to know where it is. But as a new fan, I'll be that kid who never joins in yet always watches the pick-up games from the sidelines.

As a sport videographer here in Canada for the past four years, I thrive off good stories in sport, as well as likeable characters, and Parramatta have some of the most fun players, with the likes of Maika Sivo, Mitch Moses, Dylan Brown, and RCG. To be fair though, I've enjoyed following and rooting for all the Eels players and hearing their stories and dramas each and every week, albeit there hasn't been too much drama surrounding their 5-0 start this season.

A couple of other decent games in Round 4 also piqued my interest, with the Gold Coast Titans upsetting the Wests Tigers, and the dark horse Newcastle Knights defeating powerhouse Canberra. I really like this Newcastle team as well, young beast Bradman Best and Kalyn Ponga are quite fun to watch run around and blast through defences.

chrisevansfilm_ Great article. I’m the same got loads more into the nrl since lockdown. But being a Pom I don’t know what team to follow. Been trying to find out more info and history on teams to make a decision. But yet still can’t pick a team to follow 🤔

chrisevansfilm_ I picked my NRL team on the basis jamesgraham plays for them 😬😬😬

chrisevansfilm_ chrisevansfilm_ is the man and you guys are soooo lucky to have him.

chrisevansfilm_ In Alliston, Ontario we are a SeaEagles household!

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