Las Vegas, a city built around extravagance and opulence, with the blinking bright lights of giant electric billboards, garish neon signs and enormous flashing video screens, feels about as far away from the traditional northern England rugby league heartlands as its possible to get.

Rugby League in Las Vegas 2025 will be bigger, bolder and better, with more games, more teams, more nations and more opportunities for travelling supporters to take advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Eight different players from Wigan Warriors scored tries as Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas became the newest ground on which they asserted their dominance; Sky Sports is the only place to watch every

As rugby league prepares for a history-making trip to Las Vegas, BBC Sport looks at why the sport is trying to crack a formidable US market.

On Saturday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the National Rugby League from Australia and New Zealand will deliver its Act 2 to the U.S.

The Jillaroos will be at the centre of rugby league's Las Vegas extravaganza, where they have a chance to continue the growth of the women's game.

Within hours of the final Steeden being kicked on Allegiant Stadium on Saturday night, the NRL was taking a victory lap after a successful second foray into Las Vegas.