Deadly Manchester bombing hits close to home for members of the Toronto Wolfpack
TORONTO — Monday’s deadly bombing in Manchester hit members of the Toronto Wolfpack hard.
The majority of the rugby league team call northern England home and know the city and Manchester Arena intimately.
In fact, the wives and kids of Wolfpack players Steve Crossley and Sean Penkywicz were at the Ariana Grande concert where the suicide bombing took place.
Toronto coach Paul Rowley, who lives less than 10 kilometres from the arena, says Crossley’s wife left the concert early because she had been to the arena before and knew that there could be a logjam getting out of events there. She exited through the area where the bombing happened soon after.