Have you seen videos of them playing?

They all seem to be big lads but apart from the odd Englishman or Australian, the standard seems to be the equivilent of North West Counties higher divisions.

Fair play to them though.

I remember taking two Americans to a Leeds game and they were amazed by the game, asking questions like,

Do they stop after 5 mins,
Do they have an attacking and defending teams,
How many subs etc....

They couldn't belive the speed of the game and the intensity of it, and the fact that there was such a small playing roster.

They were that impressed they flew back for the Leeds v London Challenge cup final!

This is a game that really could take off in america. All it needs is someone like Trump to start it.

The main problem is the media, they love the four main sports American Football, Basketball, Baseball and Ice Hockey because there is lots of stoppage time where they can place commercials in.

This may mean that for it to take off over there it may have to change to 4 quarters of 20mins.

Remember Murdoch owns a tv channel over there so if he wanted to do it he could.

I'm sure if the Trump rumor is right or any other rich person could start it, it would soon take off. But that is the challenge getting it started. Just look at football (soccer).

Cracking news

my dad has had similar experiences with american clients

The AMNRL teams will all remain intact and will act as feeder clubs.
that's according to a post on rlhttps://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t

this is a fantasy for rugby league fanbois... it will never happen.

Coming from a troll what do you expect?

There goes our franchise spot in 2012

The americans are never interested in sports where they aren't one of the best in the world playing it.That's why football will never catch on over there.That's also why Nascar is the big motorsport in the US and not F1 like the rest of the world.

with the state of international rugby league they could be one of the best within a few years

If properly trained, in 5 to 10 Years time i believe america could produce some real talented rugby athletes. Just what the sport needs.

the number of university american football players who don't make it is incredible.
these lads would only be too happy to give semi-pro rugby league a go

i think rugby league would suit americans. The speed and intensity is what they crave, it as has been mentioned might need a 30 second break every so often for tv, but that could easily be put in at a penalty or scrum or even turnover.