Hull Kr And Leeds Rhinos To Meet In Las Vegas

Hull KR and Leeds Rhinos are to meet successful Las Vegas adjacent twelvemonth successful nan 2nd Super League crippled to beryllium held successful nan United States.

They will look disconnected astatine Allegiant Stadium, nan location of NFL broadside Las Vegas Raiders, connected 28 February.

Warrington and Wigan met successful nan aforesaid venue earlier this season, with nan Warriors claiming a 48-24 victory.

The Super League crippled will footwear disconnected a triple header of rugby convention games besides featuring NRL sides Canterbury Bulldogs, Newcastle Knights, North Queensland Cowboys and St George Illawarra Dragons.

The Robins, who apical Super League and will look Warrington successful adjacent month's Challenge Cup final, and eight-times Grand Final winners Leeds person been selected pursuing an exertion process led by Rugby League Commercial.

"It was a immense connection of intent by Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves to prosecute nan opportunity of making history successful Vegas successful 2025, and it is simply a in installments to nan effect they made that we person been capable to activity truthful intimately pinch nan NRL connected ensuring a continued bluish hemisphere presence," Rhodri Jones, managing head of RL Commercial, said.

"Super League's first Las Vegas fixture delivered a immense spike successful floor plan and glamour for nan full competition, arsenic reflected successful nan viewing figures, and successful nan consequence from different sports and nan wider sporting public."

BBC rugby convention newsman Matt Newsum:

Hot connected nan heels of nan occurrence of Wigan and Warrington's task into Sin City successful 2025, Hull KR and Leeds are nan latest Super League entrants to make nan travel complete nan Atlantic for nan now yearly Las Vegas arena successful tandem pinch nan Australian NRL.

This time, RL Commercial person been much heavy progressive successful nan process, aft Warriors CEO Kris Radlinski and past Warrington counterpart Karl Fitzpatrick group nan shot rolling for this year's arena disconnected their ain backs.

Both Hull KR and Leeds, and possibly importantly from trading nan game, brands, person a beardown presence. They person shown themselves to beryllium successful disconnected nan section of precocious arsenic good arsenic connected it, and should supply nan type of match-up which will show Super League successful its champion light.

Rovers could transportation up successful Las Vegas arsenic champions and Challenge Cup winners, and this would beryllium different memorable acquisition for a fanbase that has shown itself to beryllium loyal and precocious successful turnout astatine awesome events successful caller seasons - 1 of nan cardinal reasons for their inclusion.

Leeds still transportation a cachet to an Australian assemblage from their bequest of success, their links pinch high-profile Australians complete nan years, and nan fanbase again, and while immoderate of nan occurrence from nan years of yearly Grand Final appearances has tailed off, location is simply a consciousness nan nine is now heading successful nan correct direction.

The purpose 1 time is that each clubs successful nan Super League will get a chance to show their wares, but correct now, these 2 clubs request to beryllium shrewd and supply a meaningful showpiece, and location will beryllium assurance that neither will wilt successful nan glare of nan Nevada sun.