Las Vegas
‘We don’t wear pads or helmets, brother’: Is the bloody biff the trick to finding NRL fans in the US?
Americans aren’t used to seeing their footballers take the heat without padding or helmets. They secretly like it.
- Jordan Baker
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Going ‘full bogan’ in Las Vegas: The footy fans getting hitched by Elvis
Rugby League fans are flocking to Las Vegas’ wedding chapels to get married before the footy. At one, Elvis presided over 12 Aussie couples in a single afternoon.
- Jordan Baker and Billie Eder
Everything you need to know ahead of the NRL’s Las Vegas opener
From team lists to expert predictions, we’ve put together an easy guide to the NRL’s Las Vegas matches.
- Billie Eder
NRL to consider proposal to beam grand final into Vegas Sphere
U2 opened the $3.6 billion arena, and the Eagles played there just a few days ago. Now rugby league could be headlining the Las Vegas Sphere in October.
- Adrian Proszenko and Billie Eder
‘The Sharks will get them’: How our experts see the Las Vegas clashes playing out
Rugby league reporters Michael Chammas, Adrian Proszenko and Billie Eder unpack the matches in Las Vegas this weekend.
- Billie Eder, Adrian Proszenko and Michael Chammas
Two Raiders tried to bang each other in Las Vegas with a blow-up bat. One fan will beat a different tune
Canberra’s drum-beating superfan flew to Las Vegas after US authorities gave him the green light to take his giant drum into Allegiant Stadium.
- Christian Nicolussi
US combine winners to score two-year NRL contracts
The NRL has just upped the ante in its bid to lure the best American athletes to rugby league.
- Adrian Proszenko
The Aussie NRL coach who wound up playing league in Connecticut 20 years ago
Warriors coach Andrew Webster is in Las Vegas for the NRL season opener this week, but rugby league brought him to the United States for the first time back in 2005.
- Billie Eder
NRL doubles down in Vegas with risky play of razzle-dazzle
To critics, rugby league’s push into the American sports market is a weird and wild waste of time. But many say it’s a not-so-crazy idea that just might work.
- Jordan Baker
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- NRL 2025
How a blow-up baseball bat created headaches for Peter V’landys
As far as rugby league atrocities go, this one would barely move the needle back home. But it could be a case of double demerits for the rumbling Raiders.
- Adrian Proszenko
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