Just back from Vegas last week, would be awesome watching the mighty warriors there.

Meet the players in the MGM perhaps.

Could be a double edge sword this imo.



The money, marketing, media exposure, sponsership and professionalism the seppo's will bring to the game will be something beyond the RFL's dampest dream. BUT you just can't help get the feeling though the yanks will not leave the game alone in its current form and will want to make the game "more suited" to the american market if for no other reason than because they can.



On the other hand well done to Russel Crowe for trying to expand the game and promote new ideas. I wish the people running the sport in this country where as forward thinking as he is. He's done wonders for the bunnies over the last few years but his interest obviously extends to the game as a whole. The administration in this country is killing the game with its complacency and should take note...

The lack of ambition of the people running the game in this country is appalling. This initiative by Crowe should shame them into action. The only thing you can say in defence of the poor management of the game in this country is that they are hamstrung by the many reactionary forces in the RL community. There are so many parochial, narrow-minded, my-club-first morons that begrudge the players making good money, that don't want the game to expand geographically, that don't want clubs to grow their revenue and that don't care about the international game. We see these idiots on every salary cap debate thread. This mindset is a cancer that threatens to kill the professional game - the future seems to be at best a long slow decline.



We don't just need better administrators, we need to re-educate the fools that believe its pointless to try to take the game forward or that any change is part of some sinister Wigan plot to take over the game... Hopefully Crowe's ideas might be the start of a brighter future, unless of course the pro-CC, flat earth, back-to-the-1970s muppets continue to fight progress.

dont think the 8 team world club championship would work now but who knows maybe in the future, but i would deffo take the world club challenge to america for the begining of 2012 and see how that goes. hopefully the domestic league can go professinal it has the potential to and with super league and nrl players already stating that they would go hopefully it can kick off in the next couple of years.

I would take the WCC there next year (2012) and let Mr Crowe to organise it if anybody can try and make it work surley this is the man who is known worldwide and would get loads of publicity with this man who seems to love his South Sydney and also the game to grow in the states i really hope this is given a go, its got the backing of our currant chairman aswell.

Dry as a desert !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cant see it happening....unless the yanks start their own league with franchises..like NFL,NHL, NBL,baseball thing, soccer thing.



anyway...on a slightly different note........watched NFL triple header on sky on thursday........someone asked "why triple header NFL on thanksgiving day?".........answer..."because theres nothing else to do except eat, laze around with family and watch TV"



closest we have to thanksgiving is christmas day.......what happens here?....no sport, not even horse racing, no nothing.......great escape, wallace and gromit and 17 episodes of eastenders..ffs



be nice to have all day sport, rugby, footy, racing, snooker, whatever.

That's what boxing days for.

I think you've just described a Sunday there!!



Seriously though, sport on Christmas Day will never happen - as the poster above has said, thats what Boxing Day is for.

Spot on. Would love to see Cruise, Diaz, De Caprio at a star-studded RL comp. Not sure Vegas is the place for it, but it's worth a try.



Someone should give Crowe a job in RL - at least there's someone who wants to see the game succeed and is willing to get off his backside to make it happen.



Next stop, Wigan v Saints match as the curtain-raiser the the Super Bowl!!!

You missed the dot out Matty

Las Vegas? Get a grip. If you want to launch RL in America you do it somewhere where there's a ready made fan base - i.e. a state where there's college American Football but no NFL team - not a town full of tourists & ratted gamblers.



Boxing works in Vegas because it's all about style over substance & 1-off performances these days. The last thing RL needs is to follow in boxing's footsteps - a once great sport brought to it's knees & obscurity by free-loaders & crooks.