'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 took to the Strip, the primary street in the US betting capital.


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


The former soldier has actually supported the team for more than 30 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 anticipating a lot," he said.


"And then to come cycle and now to be world champions and be playing in Vegas. It's pretty unbelievable, to be honest."


Another fan made the trip with his household from Sydney.


Simon Latus grew up in east Hull and emigrated to Australia in 2020. He said living Down Under suggested not being able to see the Robins play, so when the match was announced he the chance to go.


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


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


"So I think just making that effort of the thousands of dollars on the flight and bringing the household throughout, my spouse and my child. I just believe it's one of those where you simply can't state no to it."


Latus stated he was delighting in taking in the environment in the desert city with "countless red and white everywhere".


Another Sydney-based fan, Leonard Gregory, stated it was "the shortest distance I have actually ever taken a trip for a Robins' home video game".


Gregory became thinking about the group after he and his partner visited Craven Park during the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.


He flew from Australia to enjoy the group win the Grand Final last year.


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


"We 'd never been here. It's probably 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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