Following their success in Las Vegas, Leeds Rhinos are willing to take Super League on the road in the future, but only on one condition.

The Rhinos had a week to remember in the Sin City, as they battered Hull KR 58-4 at Allegiant Stadium, with star winger Maika Sivo crossing for four tries.

Brodie Croft scored also crossed for a brace, as Brad Arthur’s side put the rest of the competition on notice, and did so in front of a global audience.

Whilst on-field, the trip couldn’t have gone any better, the off-field situation, particularly the finances involved, weren’t so good.

Rhinos Managing Director Rob Oates said prior to travelling that the week-long trip was going to be a loss-maker, with the cost of taking 30+ players and staff, as well as paying for food, hotels and everything else that comes with it proving to be more expensive than the money gained.

Oates has again reiterated that statement, and was a guest on the Leeds Rhinos Podcast, which can be found on the club’s YouTube Channel.

There, he says: “We haven’t [managed to cover the costs]. But, that was budgeted for.

“We knew that it was going to cost some money, and [the total cost]’s come in where we expected it to be. We haven’t squared the circle off, but we knew that and it’s within what we thought it would be.”

Despite the club being left out of pocket, the positivity and the huge advantages the trip make that loss a lot easier to bare.

“In terms of where we were at, was it the right thing to do?

“It costs a bit of money, but what we get out of that, the feel-good factor and the momentum we’ve got on the back of it far outweighs any financial pain that we’ve got.”

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Leeds Rhinos open to future ‘on the road’ Super League matches

Oates, and the Rhinos as a whole, are open to travelling again in the future, as rugby league and Super League looks to expand it’s footprint across Europe and the globe.

However, Leeds would only take part in those matches if they were the away side, as they were in Las Vegas.

With the America trip being a loss-maker for an away game, any team who decides to travel as the home team would also be losing out on the usual profits that a home game would bring.

Given the financial position most Super League clubs are in, and the fact there are only 13 home games in a season, not many clubs would be willing to give up that profit, so it is clear to see why Leeds are so cautious in taking games away from Headingley.

Oates explained: “Would we [Leeds] go anywhere else in the world? Potentially.

“I’d said it right from day one that we were the away team at this event, so it made that decision a lot easier.

“Without that, that’s a difficult decision for us with what’s attached to revenue here on home games.

“Catalans are playing in Paris, which would be nice. Someone not that long ago mentioned Barcelona. That would be nice…

“Would we take a [home] game on the road? No, with our fabulous stadium here, but we would certainly look at it.”