England squad will target unprecedented eighth successive title at end of March
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This weekend’s Super League matches across the pond could be a boon for the sport, writes JAMES NALTON
Managing director Key admits ‘it would be stupid’ not to look at Test skipper
Smith and Slade dropped from backline for Sunday’s Six Nations showdown
THE US should already love rugby league, a sport which shares many traits with the hugely popular sports of American and Canadian football, but without the helmets and the stoppages.
This weekend, it gets a chance to see rugby league in all its glory, as teams from the sport’s heartlands in England and Australia fly to Las Vegas for a showpiece event on Saturday night.
When US sports fans think of rugby, they likely automatically think of rugby union.
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