{"id":362438,"date":"2025-12-21T11:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/362438\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T11:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:42:07","slug":"hull-kr-secure-key-las-vegas-warm-up-with-nrl-heavyweights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/362438\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull KR secure key Las Vegas warm-up with NRL heavyweights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Super League champions Hull KR will take on NRL heavyweights North Queensland Cowboys in an opposed training session before their Las Vegas showdown with Leeds Rhinos.<\/p>\n<p>The Robins will head Stateside for Super League\u2019s second inclusion of the NRL\u2019s Las Vegas extravaganza, following on from Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves doing battle at Allegiant Stadium earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Little detail has emerged about their plans and preparations thus far, but a report from Code Sports in Australia has confirmed that Willie Peters\u2019 side have locked in a major piece of their training schedule.<\/p>\n<p>That is because they will square off against Todd Payten\u2019s Cowboys, just several days removed from their huge World Club Challenge showdown with Brisbane Broncos at Hull FC\u2019s MKM Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Want more Love Rugby League? Add us as a <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=loverugbyleague.com\" target=\"_blank\">preferred source on Google<\/a> and ensure you never miss our exclusives and breaking news!<\/p>\n<p>That session will take place on Wednesday February 25, just three days out from the Super League clash with Brad Arthur\u2019s Rhinos. The Cowboys are also in Vegas to play a league fixture, as they play Newcastle Knights on the same billing.<\/p>\n<p>And Cowboys coach Payten admitted while his players will get \u201948 hours of fun\u2019 when they land in Vegas on Friday February 20 before regrouping on Sunday February 22, they will quickly ramp up their preparations in game-week \u2013 which includes a key session against Super League\u2019s best side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe three guys I spoke to all did something different, but I think we can\u2019t shy away from the bright lights of Vegas,\u201d Payten said, admitting he had spoke to several coaches who have made the trip before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to get there early, get that out of the road, and knuckle down to business. We are there to perform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be a great experience for our whole club. Whether you are a supporter, staff member or player going over there. The teams that have gone the last couple years, the feedback and conversations I have had, if it is handled the right way, it can be a great experience for your club. That is the way we\u2019re going to attack it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rovers are looking to maximise their trip to Vegas by exposing the club\u2019s brand to a worldwide audience. Thousands of KR supporters have already booked their flights, with the Rhinos expected to travel in significant numbers too as Super League takes centre stage in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Super League champions Hull KR will take on NRL heavyweights North Queensland Cowboys in an opposed training session&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-362438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}