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Rugby league's Las Vegas gamble should attract US fans to a familiar sport
This weekend’s Super League matches across the pond could be a boon for the sport, writes JAMES NALTON
Warrington Wolves' Zane Musgrove (right) tackled by Huddersfield Giants' Zac Woolford during the Super League match at Kirkleas Stadium, Huddersfieldm February 16, 2025

THE US should already love rugby league, a sport which shares many traits with the hugely popular sports of American and Canadian football, but without the helmets and the stoppages.

This weekend, it gets a chance to see rugby league in all its glory, as teams from the sport’s heartlands in England and Australia fly to Las Vegas for a showpiece event on Saturday night.

When US sports fans think of rugby, they likely automatically think of rugby union.

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