[1] Formed in 2011 with the intention of becoming Jamaica's first professional rugby league team, they hope to play in one of the domestic competitions in the United States by 2013[needs update].

[2] The Hurricanes Rugby League were officially launched on the 26 February 2011 at GC Forster College, Spanish Town, Jamaica.

The team was founded by Australian Dane Campbell, a former player for the Newcastle Knights of the National Rugby League (NRL).

[3][4][5] In 2012 the Hurricanes hosted the USA Rugby League club the Washington D.C. Slayers in Kingston in the first ever international club match on Jamaican soil.

[6][7] The Hurricanes Rugby League Academy will also train school aged players between 14–19 years of age in the hope of developing them into full-time professionals.