'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 arrived in Las Vegas ahead of the group's Super League clash with Leeds Rhinos later.


Supporters from both sides took to the Strip, the main street in the US betting capital.


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


The former has 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 the majority of the time getting walloped, to be sincere, and not being great, not anticipating a lot," he stated.


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


Another fan made the journey with his family from Sydney.


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


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


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


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


Latus stated he was delighting in taking in the environment 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 travelled for a Robins' home video game".


Gregory became interested in the team after he and his wife visited Craven Park during the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.


He flew from Australia to watch the team win the Grand Final in 2015.


"When it got announced that we were going, we reserved the flight quickly," he stated.


"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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