{"id":367070,"date":"2025-12-23T17:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/367070\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:03:10","slug":"gary-hetherington-wants-to-see-london-broncos-at-las-vegas-total-rugby-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/367070\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Hetherington wants to see London Broncos at Las Vegas \u2013 Total Rugby League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GARY HETHERINGTON believes London Broncos could be one of the teams invited to Las Vegas\u2019 rugby league exhibition weekend in the near future.<\/p>\n

Hetherington left Leeds Rhinos after three decades at Headingley at the end of the 2025 Super League season to take up the challenge as a director at London.<\/p>\n

Under new owners Darren Lockyer and Grant Wechsel, the Broncos are aiming for the top very soon, having missed out on a place in an expanded 14-team competition for 2026.<\/p>\n

However, Hetherington, Lockyer and Wechsel have ambition rarely seen before in the capital, and, having gone to the Las Vegas extravaganza this year, Hetherington believes the Broncos could well become a force to be reckoned with in a short space of time.<\/p>\n

And that, Hetherington feels, could see the Broncos turn out in Sin City.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to think so,\u201d Hetherington told the\u00a0League Express podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI went to Las Vegas for the first time this year and I was fascinated by it. I came back and did a report for the Leeds Rhinos board and said \u2018we need to be there\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big stage, it\u2019s a great stage and a great city. It\u2019s such a different city in many respects but an enjoyable one.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor rugby league to be the centre of attention in that city \u2013 albeit for a limited period of time \u2013 with the NRL, Super League and all the fans mingling with great crowds and stadium, it is a great example of how rugby league can captivate a new audience and actually expand its profile in a different country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to think in the not too distant future that London Broncos could be a team playing out in Las Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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