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

28 February 2026
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Matt DeanEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire


Thousands of Hull Kingston Rovers fans have shown up in Las Vegas ahead of the team's Super League clash with Leeds Rhinos later on.


Supporters from both sides required to the Strip, the main street in the US .


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


The former soldier has actually supported the group for more than thirty 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 extremely great, not expecting a lot," he said.


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


Another fan made the trip with his household from Sydney.


Simon Latus matured in east Hull and emigrated to Australia in 2020. He said living Down Under indicated not having the ability to see the Robins play, so when the match was revealed he got the opportunity to go.


"This is never ever going to take place once again," he stated.


"Rovers in Vegas is a ridiculous concept in itself, simply even stating those words seems a bit crazy.


"So I think just making that effort of the thousands of dollars on the flight and bringing the family across, my other half and my son. I simply believe it is among those where you simply can't say no to it."


Latus said he was taking pleasure in soaking up 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've ever travelled for a Robins' home game".


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


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


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


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


Match coverage 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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