NRL: Storm Fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen says he is out to make his doubters eat their words with reports he is being shopped around.
Both games will be played at Allegiant Stadium, which is the home of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders as the NRL seeks to take rugby league overseas, but also tap into Sin City’s lucrative gambling market.
“We will take over America soon and we’ll become the greatest game in the world,” NRL legend Brent Tate said onThe bold ad has ruffled some feathers in the AFL world, with premiership players scoffing at the suggestion the NRL is bigger than the AFL in Australia. “I agree that NRL is the biggest sport in Australia - if you are an ear, nose and throat specialist. Got to get those cauliflower ears sorted, and the broken noses,” Hawthorn great Campbell Brown said in response to Tate.
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