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

28 February 2026
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Matt DeanEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire


Countless Hull Kingston Rovers fans have actually gotten here in Las Vegas ahead of the group's Super League clash with Leeds Rhinos later.


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


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


The previous soldier has 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 sincere, and not being excellent, not expecting a lot," he stated.


"And then to come full circle and now to be world champions and be playing in Vegas. It's quite unreal, to be honest."


Another fan made the trip with his household from Sydney.


Simon Latus matured in east Hull and emigrated to Australia in 2020. He stated living Down Under implied not having the ability to see the Robins play, so when the match was revealed he grabbed the possibility to go.


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


"Rovers in Vegas is an insane concept in itself, just even saying those words seems a bit insane.


"So I think simply making that effort of the on the flight and bringing the family across, my better half and my child. I just think it's one of those where you simply can't state no to it."


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


Another Sydney-based advocate, Leonard Gregory, stated it was "the fastest range I've ever taken a trip for a Robins' home video game".


Gregory ended up being thinking about the team after he and his wife paid a see to Craven Park during the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.


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


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


"We 'd never been here. It's most likely everything that America is in a microcosm and it's just, it's surreal."


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


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