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Neil Davidson Veteran prop Jake Ilnicki, shown here in action in the Seattle Seawolves’s 39-17 loss to the Toronto Arrows on Feb. 22, 2020, in Tukwila, Wash., is one of several Canadians on Seattle’s Major League Rugby team. The Seawolves play Toronto on Saturday in suburban Atlanta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO- Seattle Seawolves/Quinn Width MANDATORY CREDIT April 16, 2021 - 10:11 AM The Seattle Seawolves will be getting an early wake-up call for Saturdays match ...

In Pacific Northwest time, that means the Seawolves will be banging bodies at a time they might normally be brewing their breakfast coffee. "Itll be a challenge but were welcoming it," Seattle tighthead prop Jake Ilnicki, a native of Williams Lake, B.C., said diplomatically. Toronto (1-3-0) and Seattle (1-2-0) have both had bumpy starts to the season, sitting in the bottom of their respective conferences. Toronto, which is sharing facilities with Rugby ATL due to pandemic-related travel restric...