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Lisa and Scott Sligers renew their vows in Las Vegas

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

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Penrith’s Nathan Cleary and Cronulla’s Sione Katoa ahead of their Las Vegas showdown.

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
The NRL could take over the Las Vegas Sphere.

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
Nicho Hynes and Nathan Cleary will feature in Las Vegas this weekend.

‘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
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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
Xavier Miller took part in last year’s NRL combine.

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
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Connecticut Wildcats 2005 grand final team. Current New Zealand Warriors coach Andrew Webster is second row, second from the left.

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
Nathan Cleary’s Vegas bound.

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
Hudson Young, Morgan Smithies

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
Raiders players Hudson Young and Morgan Smithies apologised for their behaviour in Las Vegas.

What happens in Vegas: Inside the Raiders’ boozy bust-up

The Raiders produced a lesson in crisis management to clubs who have often prioritised the protection of the players over the good of the game and their clubs.

  • Michael Chammas

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