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Watch all three games of Rugby League in Las Vegas live and ad-break free during play is Fox League, available on Kayo | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAh,\u201d the coach grinned, looking up toward the roof, \u201cI reckon he can hit one of the speakers up there\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Reckon you could ask him to have a crack?<\/p>\n \u201cNah, nah, nah,\u201d the coach cackled. \u201cHe\u2019s got that hammy to worry about,<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019ll just lay low today.\u201d<\/p>\n Apparently though, no one told Burto.<\/p>\n Who only moments later launched one of those now signature aerial assaults …. aaaaaand \u2026 only just missed one of those speakers hanging down.<\/p>\n \u201cDid he hit?\u201d Ciraldo said, turning to where his No.6 had just kicked from.<\/p>\n Not quite, no.<\/p>\n But still close enough to make it a discussion point come Saturday evening.<\/p>\n That, and plenty else. <\/p>\n On the eve of this year\u2019s hyped NRL Las Vegas blockbuster, all six teams have been given their first look inside The Death Star.<\/p>\n Aka, that $2 billion home of those Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n Starting on a rolling schedule from 11 o\u2019clock in the morning, both English Super League teams and North Queensland came through first, with Newcastle, St George Illawarra and Canterbury then through later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n Due to their bringing a home game halfway across the world, the Bulldogs were also allowed to do their Captains Run on the field, and were the last team out onto the pitch around four o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n Perth Bears snare former Origin star | 00:31<\/p>\n Apart from being the only squad to do a full session at the venue, the Dogs also started from the dressing room and ran out onto the pitch \u2013 amid much hollering \u2013 to begin training.<\/p>\n In stark contrast, Cowboys players didn\u2019t even wear team kits to their early visit.<\/p>\n However, the North Queensland players did happily front up for interviews, while the other clubs were off limits \u2013 with Ciraldo also addressing the media ban around Bulldogs young gun Lachie Galvin.<\/p>\n For Burton, meanwhile, all the headlines this week have concerned his feet.<\/p>\n Writing for the <\/a>New York Post<\/a>, journalist Mark Cannizzaro even suggested on Friday that NFL scouts have become interested in the Bulldogs playmaker, despite his being contracted until the end of 2027, while Seattle Seahawks punter Michael Dickson — the Aussie who only recently became a Super Bowl winner — is also convinced he can make it.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure he could do it,\u201d Dickson said this week.<\/p>\n Certainly Burton shocked even Raiders NFL players on Wednesday when one of his towering bombs struck a practice facility roof some 110 feet above him.<\/p>\n A trio of NFL players present suggested even Raiders punter AJ Cole had never done such a thing, due to the small matter of the training facility roof having been specifically built to a height to ensure it didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n Then again Friday, Burton almost doubled down.<\/p>\n The North Queensland Cowboys attend a walk through at Allegiant Stadium.Source: AFPTom Dearden of the Cowboys attends a walk through at Allegiant Stadium on February 27, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Source: AFP<\/p>\n Yet while Canterbury did an expansive session out on Allegiant Stadium, the relaxed Cowboys rocked up in civvies and were happy to simply mill about on the grass, chat, or toss tight spirals with that random pigskin.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Tom Dearden and Reuben Cotter also briefly had playing kits on for a photo.<\/p>\n The Knights, meanwhile, and also considered a home team in Las Vegas, did have a shortened session out in the middle \u2013 with players kicking, catching and taking some conversions.<\/p>\n One of which, incidentally, saw Kalyn Ponga launch his Steeden so high into the stands, it almost hit a Las Vegas cleaner who was up sweeping the aisles in readiness for game day.<\/p>\n Turning around to see where the missile had come from, KP offered a polite courtesy wave. <\/p>\n When their turn came, the Dragons did a short tour of the dressingrooms before then enjoying a brief walk out on the grass, with several players from all four NRL sides also removing their shoes for some Freddy Fittler \u2018earthing\u2019.<\/p>\n Certainly, there was no doubting the boys were impressed.<\/p>\n Just as they have been lifting weights inside the schmick UFC Performance Institute this week.<\/p>\n In fact, as Canterbury came out of the tunnel and onto the field, running as if it were game day, backrower Sitili Tupouniua was so blown away by the enormity of the venue, he shouted \u2018holy crap\u2019.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/p>\n McKINNON: Why Knights\u2019 $13m gamble can work; \u2018pretty bloody scary\u2019 Broncos reality<\/a><\/p>\n LATE MAIL: Cowboys veteran axed in shake-up; Bulldogs boost on injured trio<\/a><\/p>\n