'It's Unreal' Say Hull KR Fans In Las Vegas

28 February 2026
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Matt DeanEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire


Thousands of Hull Kingston Rovers fans have actually shown up in Las Vegas ahead of the team's Super League clash with Leeds Rhinos later.


Supporters from both sides required to the Strip, the primary street in the US betting capital.


Life-long fan Richard Major explained the idea of the Robins playing in Vegas as "absolutely unbelievable".


The former soldier has actually supported the team for more than thirty years and flew to Nevada from his home in North Yorkshire.


"All those years of following them around and like most of the time getting walloped, to be honest, and not being really great, not anticipating a lot," he said.


"And then to come complete circle and now to be world champs and be playing in Vegas. It's quite unbelievable, to be truthful."


Another fan made the trip with his household from Sydney.


grew up in east Hull and emigrated to Australia in 2020. He stated living Down Under implied not being able to see the Robins play, so when the match was revealed he grabbed the possibility to go.


"This is never ever going to take place again," he stated.


"Rovers in Vegas is an outrageous concept in itself, simply even stating those words seems a bit insane.


"So I think simply making that effort of the countless dollars on the flight and bringing the household across, my other half and my kid. I just believe it's one of those where you simply can't state no to it."


Latus stated he was taking pleasure in absorbing the atmosphere in the desert city with "thousands of red and white all over".


Another Sydney-based fan, Leonard Gregory, said it was "the shortest range I've ever travelled for a Robins' home game".


Gregory ended up being thinking about the team after he and his other half paid a visit to Craven Park throughout the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.


He flew from Australia to see the team win the Grand Final last year.


"When it got announced that we were going, we reserved the flight directly away," he said.


"We 'd never been here. It's probably whatever that America remains in a microcosm and it's just, it's surreal."


Match coverage of the game at the Allegiant Stadium is on BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Sounds from 23:45 GMT on Saturday.


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