Chris McQueen will lace up the boots in Las Vegas and kickstart rugby league in the United States, but it won’t be for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
A former premiership winner with the Rabbitohs, McQueen has been named to take part in the NRL Vegas 9s competition for the Brooklyn Kings. Run by the NRL, the tournament will be played on March 2, ahead of the double-header at Allegiant Stadium.
Aiming to grow the game outside of Australia, England, France and New Zealand, the forward revealed that he had paid close attention to the growth of rugby league in North America.
The Brooklyn Kings were established in 2014 by duo Matt Bailey and Justin Coffman and won the USARL Championships final in 2019 but were unable to defend their title due to COVID – the competition would dissolve after the outbreak.
