Las Vegas, a city built around extravagance and opulence, with the blinking bright lights of giant electric billboards, garish neon signs and enormous flashing video screens, feels about as far away from the traditional northern England rugby league heartlands as its possible to get.

Rugby league has returned to Las Vegas in its continuing mission to convert Americans to football without pads, drawing 50,000 fans to Allegiant stadium.

Saturday’s game day began with an English Super League match in which the Wigan Warriors routed the Warrington Wolves, 48-24. Bringing the Brits into the fray was a brilliant move, because no fan base sings and parties harder than the Brits. They were heard all week up and down Vegas Strip and in every casino.

It’s been unclear for a long time if a new Rugby League would come after it was teased by the NRL in 2020 and never mentioned again, but we now know that a new Rugby League game will release later this year.

For a second straight year, the NRL will take over Las Vegas, with one of Australia's top sporting leagues opening their season in the famous city. After a resounding debut in 2024, this year four fresh teams will descend on Sin City,

The following information was submitted byFox Sports AustraliaThe 2nd annual National Rugby League (NRL) games are set to take place on Saturday, March 1 in La