“Here, you don’t really see it until you get to a collegiate level and by then everybody has sort of found their groove, what they like, what they like to watch.”
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Las Vegas local Lee Beausoleil is a fan in the making, too. He first watched league during a holiday to Australia. “It was very exciting,” he said. “Fast forward a few years, last year, 2024, the National Rugby League shows up to Las Vegas and we couldn’t wait to go.”
There has been interest from US media. The New York Times′ Athletic wrote an article entitled “brutal hits, no pads and inflatable baseball trouble”, referring to the late-night altercation between two Raiders players.
The New York Post wrote about it too, but on its rugby page, headlined: “Rugby is returning to Las Vegas.”
Local media have also previewed the gala. Britain’s press is covering the Super League contest between Wigan and Warrington, which the chief executive of the latter described as “the biggest game in British rugby league history, going back to 1895″.
About 80 media accreditations have been issued for the day, including to The New York Post, The Athletic and local broadcasters LKAS and KTNV.
The authors flew to Las Vegas as NRL guests
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