FORMER Bulls star Glenn Morrison should be getting excited for the start of the North American Rugby League season with Cleveland tomorrow, but he and the club have been left in limbo.

The league, which also contains former Super League side Toronto, was due to start in 2021, but was postponed due to Covid, and amid criticism over logistics and the absence of a necessary sixth team, this year’s proposed start date of May 21 has fallen by the wayside.

Morrison, who balances his role as Cleveland’s director of rugby with being player-coach at Bradford Salem and head of athletics at Bradford Grammar School, said: “We had a meeting on Tuesday night.

“I spoke to (Cleveland’s coach and founder) Monte Gaddis and we spoke to the board.

“I can’t say too much but everything is up in the air at the moment.

“It was looking promising when we had a start date, but it’s been pushed back again, so there’s that uncertainty.”

It is frustrating for Cleveland, who are active on social media and desperate to get going.

Morrison said: “We’ve still got the players training twice a week, we’ve rolled out programmes in schools and we’re promoting the league.

“We’re getting ready, but we’re not getting the answers we need from the league.

“The passion of the club for rugby league is fantastic. We’re doing everything we can to grow the game here and from our end, we’re doing all we can to be ready for the league starting.”

Morrison insists there is still major potential for rugby league in America, saying: “There is growth that can happen if we can just get started with this league.

“It will 100 per cent be huge if it comes off.

“Americans love the game when they see it and there are plans to do a sort of Magic Weekend every weekend in cities across the US.

“That would be great, so we just need the green light now to see those games kick off. I’m still hopeful.”

Closer to home, and Salem finished second-bottom in Yorkshire One, but a buoyant Morrison said: “It was always going to be a tough year after Covid, across the board, with players maybe wanting different platforms and lifestyles.

“Clubs struggled, but we used there being no relegation this year to blood our colts.

“They put in some great performances, we finished the season fairly strongly, and those boys now have 12 months of rugby union under their belts.

“For next year, we’ve got a few older heads back and we’ve recruited well, so we have to take those positives, even if the results weren’t too flash this season.”

Morrison turns 46 next Saturday and, laughing, he said: “I hope I’m just coaching next year, with those kids coming through and the recruitment we’ve done.

“If they need me to play, they’re in trouble.”