sentences:  The team competed in the Alberta Rugby Football Union (AFRU) when it was created in 1898.The Edmonton Rugby Football Club was renamed the Edmonton Esquimaux in 1908 and again as the Edmonton Eskimos in 1910 (a name adopted in 1949 by a new Edmonton Eskimos operation).The AFRU became a component part of the Western Canada Rugby Football Union (WCFRU) in 1911.