{"id":453428,"date":"2026-03-02T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/453428\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:23:12","slug":"leeds-rhinos-and-hull-kr-fans-help-break-las-vegas-rugby-league-attendance-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/453428\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds Rhinos and Hull KR fans help break Las Vegas rugby league attendance record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AW6_3161.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>After an incredible night in Las Vegas, it\u2019s been confirmed that Leeds Rhinos and Hull KR did their part in breaking the event\u2019s record attendance.<\/p>\n<p>For Leeds Rhinos and their fans, it\u2019s just another element to add to what was an incredible night, whereas Hull KR fans will likely wish they hadn\u2019t even bothered making the trip stateside.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds started fast through Maika Sivo with the winger going on to register four tries in a sublime performance that will put every winger in Super League on notice.<\/p>\n<p>Brodie Croft and Cooper Jenkins both scored braces whilst Keenan Palasia and former Hull KR man Ryan Hall also scored in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-leeds-rhinos-humiliate-hull-kr-in-las-vegas-as-maika-sivo-show-hits-super-league-113152\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> ten-try rout that ended 58-6<\/a>, with Joe Burgess\u2019 score the only consolation for Hull KR.<\/p>\n<p>Willie<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-no-excuses-willie-peters-tees-off-after-hull-kr-get-hammered-in-las-vegas-113156\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Peters stated that there were \u2018no excuses\u2019 for such a performance<\/a>, even going as far to say that he felt sorry for the travelling fans, and there were plenty of them as confirmed by the official attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Where Hull KR rank among Super League\u2019s greats, referee controversy and Las Vegas predictions \u2013 <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hOZAOj3TOZI?si=rHskNOTvga5WzFyB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas attendance record broken<\/p>\n<p>A total of 45,719 fans attended Allegiant Stadium on Saturday in Las Vegas, with that figure more than the previous two events held in Sin City.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s believed that around 12,000 of the fans in attendance came from Super League and they\u2019ll have certainly got bang for their buck if they stayed to watch the two NRL games. Newcastle Knights beat North Queensland Cowboys 28-18 before Canterbury Bulldogs edged St George Illawarra Dragons 15-14 in golden point in the third and final game.<\/p>\n<p>Rugby league first headed to Las Vegas in 2024 when it was just two NRL games played with that event witnessed by 40,746, before the 2025 edition welcomed Super League and saw an improved attendance of 45,209.<\/p>\n<p>There was also an international fixture between England and Australia women in 2025 but despite the 2026 event boasting just three games instead of four, the attendance improved by 510 supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After an incredible night in Las Vegas, it\u2019s been confirmed that Leeds Rhinos and Hull KR did their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-453428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}