There are only about 700 people playing rugby league in the US, but there’s plenty of potential to grow, says one of the most successful team’s co-founders.
Drew Slover hadn’t ever played a game of rugby league when he witnessed his first State of Origin match during a holiday in Australia in 2005. The American was immediately hooked.
Mostly its run by volunteers with plenty of passion, but finite resources. There are only six men’s teams in east coast states, seven on the west coast, plus four women’s teams as well as wheelchair rugby representation at the Rugby World Cup. However, with COVID restrictions lifted in Australia and international travel resuming, the parties are keen to reboot their ambitious bid to crack the world’s biggest sporting market. The game would be staged at the 22,000-seat Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, with the time difference allowing for a Saturday night fixture to be broadcast back to Australia on Sunday afternoon.
Steve Williams, an Aussie-turned-Philadelphia resident who also used to be part of the USARL, agreed. “The NRL shouldn’t be scared of being the biggest fish in a small town for a while, instead of trying to be a little fish in a big town,” he said.
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