'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 arrived in Las Vegas ahead of the team'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 described the idea of the Robins playing in Vegas as "absolutely unbelievable".


The former 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 the majority of the time getting walloped, to be truthful, and not being great, not expecting a lot," he said.


"And then to come complete circle and now to be world champions and be playing in Vegas. It's quite 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 stated living Down Under implied not having the ability to see the Robins play, so when the match was revealed he got the possibility to go.


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


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


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


Latus said he was delighting in absorbing the atmosphere in the desert city with "thousands of red and white everywhere".


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


Gregory ended up being thinking about the group after he and his better half visited Craven Park throughout the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.


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


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


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


Match protection 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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