National Rugby League breaks ground in US with opening weekend in Las Vegas: Here's what you need to know

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Just weeks after hosting one of the biggest sporting events in the world, Allegiant Stadium will open its doors again this weekend to a different type of game that is guaranteed to attract NFL fans still looking for a thrill after Super Bowl LVIII.

The National Rugby League (NRL) will kick off its season for the first time on American soil on Saturday night, when the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sydney Roosters and Brisbane Broncos head to Las Vegas for a doubleheader at the Raiders’ stadium. 

"We’re excited to bring our games to America," NRL CEO Andrew Abdo said of the campaign in December, via the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "West Coast is important for us because of the time zone. These are opening week Premiership matches, so we’re going to have a huge audience back in Australia. Being on the West Coast allows us to play the games on a Saturday evening here while it goes onto prime time on a Sunday back in Australia."

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The four teams will be bringing rugby to American fans like never before in primetime. 

Read below for more information on this weekend’s matchups and the NRL. 

Josh Aloiai of the Sea Eagles is tackled during the round 19 NRL match between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on July 22, 2022 in Sydney. (Jason McCawley/Getty Images)

Comparisons between rugby and American football can easily be made. There is an offense and a defense and no shortage of physicality – but the two sports are more distant cousins than they are members of the same nuclear family. 

For a breakdown of the