'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 gotten here in Las Vegas ahead of the League clash with Leeds Rhinos later on.


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


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


The previous soldier has supported the group for more than 30 years and flew to Nevada from his home in North Yorkshire.


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


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


Another fan made the trip with his family from Sydney.


Simon Latus grew up in east Hull and emigrated to Australia in 2020. He said living Down Under meant not having the ability to see the Robins play, so when the match was revealed he grabbed the chance to go.


"This is never ever going to occur once again," he said.


"Rovers in Vegas is a crazy idea in itself, just 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 family across, my wife and my son. I simply think it is among those where you simply can't say no to it."


Latus said 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, stated it was "the shortest distance I have actually ever taken a trip for a Robins' home game".


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


He flew from Australia to enjoy the group win the Grand Final in 2015.


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


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


Match protection 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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