• Canadian club folded during Covid-19 pandemic in 2020

• Players receive about £750,000 in unpaid income

Players from the former Super League club Toronto Wolfpack have finally been paid about £750,000 in unpaid salaries after a five-year legal battle, the Guardian can reveal.

The Wolfpack folded in 2020 ­during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving their playing squad – which included players such as Sonny Bill Williams – unemployed and without contracts. Some of those players were able to source deals for 2021 and continue playing, but others retired from the sport altogether and had to take jobs outside rugby league to make ends meet.