NRL in Las Vegas LIVE: All the latest updates as four teams kick off the season in Sin City

Grant Atkins has got Starling for obstruction after he put through a grubber that would’ve resulted in a certain four-pointer.

Corey Horsburgh has been penalised for smashing Nikoll-Klokstad in the air as he fielded a kick.

Replays reveal the Wahs fullback initiated the contact by striking Horsburgh in the shoulder with his boot, and the challenge from Canberra is successfu. They’re on the attack about 10m out.

The Wahs enforcer goes close as the Kiwi team try to capitalise on an error from Corey Horsburgh that put them in attacking field position.

They come up short on the last tackle, then the Raiders come up with another mistake through Tom Starling and the Warriors are building serious pressure.

The video ref – who is in Sydney – rightly decides Sebastian Kris has just got the ball onto the stripe as he reached out at full stretch.

Hooker Tom Starling did good work in the lead-up, ditto Ethan Strange, but Kris had a fair bit of work to do there, beating two men to get across by the barest of margins.

Jamal Fogarty lands the conversion.

Joseph Tapine appeared to drop that cold, the Raiders appealed for six again, saying the ball was played at by the Wahs, but the ref ignores them and play continues.

Some good, willing defence from both teams so far, with Canberra holding a bit of an edge overall.

And as I write that, the Wahs drive a Raiders player back about 10 metres.

Adam Pompey gets us going and Papalii is gang-tackled by four Warriors stars as he takes the first hit-up of the season.

The Warriors are the first team on the field, with Fisher-Harris leading them out just after Johns told Fox Sports that the way to win on the truncated Allegiant Stadium field is to shift the ball sideline to sideline, which the Wigan team just did to great effect in their win over Warrington.

NFL star Tyler Manoa has just blown the Viking horn, the fans are doing the Viking clap as Canberra leave the tunnel.

James Fisher-Harris is arguably the world’s best prop and his switch to Auckland couldn’t have come at a better time for the Warriors given they lost Addin Fonua-Blake to the Sharks.

A leader on and off the field, the club is looking to JFH to be their main man over the next few years. Coach Andrew Webster just said, ‘When he talks, everyone stops and listens.’

His first hit-up today should be something else.

The seats are filling up fast, with Fox’s footage showing most of the lower deck now occupied. Here’s how it looked near the end of the Super League match…

1. Kaeo Weekes 2. Savelio Tamale 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Sebastian Kris 5. Xavier Savage 6. Ethan Strange 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Corey Horsburgh 9. Tom Starling 10. Joseph Tapine (c) 11. Hudson Young 12. Zac Hosking 16. Josh Papalii. Interchange: 13. Morgan Smithies 14. Owen Pattie 15. Simi Sasagi 17. Ata Mariota

1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Taine Tuaupiki 3. Ali Leiataua 4. Adam Pompey 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita 7. Luke Metcalf 8. James Fisher-Harris (c) 9. Wayde Egan 15. Jackson Ford 11. Kurt Capewell 12. Marata Niukore 10. Mitch Barnett. Interchange: 13. Erin Clarke 14. Dylan Walker 16. Demitric Vaimauga 17. Leka Halasima

An intercept try as Matt Ashton latches onto a Bevan French pass and goes about 90 metres there despite losing a boot in an attempted tackle.

Ashton slowed down and sped up twice there as he seemed unable to make up his mind about whether to head straight to the line or cut inside and try to pick up some support.

Another immaculate conversion and that’s the game done. What a way to finish a historic day for Super League footy.

Liam Marshall goes over right on the sideline on the end of a set play from a scrum to cap off a fine game from the winger.

Keighran cannot miss today. Great work with the boot from him.

Matt Dufty crosses about two metres in from the sideline after using some great footwork to beat three Wigan defenders. Outstanding individual effort there.

The conversion kicking from both teams has been deluxe so far…

James Harrison plants it over the line. He had little to do after Ben Currie stood in a tackle and delivered the ball about two metres out, looking like a basketball player as he held the pill aloft in one hand while looking for a runner.

George Williams grubbers one through to the in-goal and it looks too big but Arron Lindop never gives up and grounds it with about 2cm to spare. Conversion successful.

Ricky Stuart has put Josh Papalii into the starting side, meaning Morgan Smithies – who was involved in the lift fight that made headlines earlier in the week – drops back to the bench.

Now the left-side defence for the Wolves gets victimised by French, who cuts through with a brilliant step and gets an inside ball to Wardle, who throws another inside to prop and former Bulldogs star Luke Thompson.

Easy conversion follows and the Wigan fans are ecstatic.

Yes, Warrington’s defence has been horrid, but the Warriors’ finishing has been nothing short of first class.

Bevan French takes advantage of some woeful ruck defence to open the Wolves up straight down the guts before Jai Field bamboozles would-be tacklers with some amazing footwork and

fires a stunning pass over to Wigan’s left wing to put Jake Wardle over.

That was stunning stuff from Wigan, who are absolutely on song in Vegas.

Keighran slots home his sixth conversion.

Another attacking raid down Warrington’s right wing produces a clean line break but the Warriors can’t capitalise on Marshall’s bust.

That side of the Wolves defence has been ruthlessly targeted to great effect and should’ve yielded another try in the first half when Marshall failed to ground the ball.

That took all of about 10 seconds after Warrington’s attacking raid petered out.

Field throws a great cutout to Liam Marshall to put him away down the left wing and he throws it back inside to Jai Field to score.

Awful organisation in defence from the Wolves there but you have to hand it to Wigan for the surgical way they took advantage of it.

Keighran has a shot about 10m in from touch and nails it.

Warrington forced a line-dropout and have good field position for this set.

However, Wigan aim up in defence with some powerful hits and Nsemba takes a crossfield bomb to get his team out of trouble.

Wigan get us rolling and Junior Nsemba has just smashed through Ben Currie to continue his outstanding display this morning. It’s the sort of play that will put him on the radar of NRL clubs – a great blend of power, athleticism and skill.

The dressing room cameras just showed the former Souths firebrand addressing his men – and completely opposite to Daily Mail Australia’s prediction, he was cool, calm and collected as he made his point after that shocker of a first half.

No yelling, no swearing – just calm instructions to his men.

Reminiscent of his former coach at the Bunnies, Wayne Bennett, who’s not one for histrionics in the sheds.

You’d think he had superglue on his hands with this level of ball control under extreme pressure from former St George star Matt Dufty…

The Wolves tried to break their duck with a strong attacking set but the grubber kick from George Williams is about 10cm too big and it dribbles out of the in-goal.

Some bad work in the ruck from the Wolves gifts Wigan a quick play the ball, Bevan French cuts them apart down the short side, then delivers a nice inside ball to halfback Harry Smith, who strolls over and plants it under the black dot.

Another easy conversion and Burgess’s men will need a stunning turnaround in the second half to pull this out of the fire.

And not just because of the scoreline…

Matt Dufty just blew a golden chance to set up a try with a lofted pass that fell at his winger’s feet.

Had that gone to hand, the Wolves were in for all money. The camera switches to Burgess in the coaching booth and let’s just say his halftime speech might just feature some top-volume swearing, judging by the looks of his reaction.

Former Parramatta star Bevan French – who was named Super League’s Man of Steel as the comp’s best player in 2023 – crosses the stripe with ease after Junior Nsemba broke down the Wolves’ right-side defence.

Video ref checks to make sure a fumble by Wigan went backwards and it gets the all clear. Good to see the refs in Australia aren’t the only ones who feel the need to check obvious decisions with the third eye to cover themselves – that one was blindingly obvious.

An easy conversion and this is turning into a bit of a rout with 10 minutes left in the first half.

Wigan are easily the most impressive of the two sides so far and they go further ahead thanks to Abbas Miski, who somehow manages to plant the ball despite a crashing tackle from Matt Dufty, who smashed him in midair as he flew over the corner post.

The video ref ruled that he never lost control of the ball with his right hand but it was bloody close. Outstanding effort from Miski – and Keighran, who lands the conversion from the sideline.

Here’s a shot of the scenes outside the ground just before kickoff today.

Warriors coach Matt Peet told Fox this morning that his men were the last to arrive in Vegas and he wants them to be the last to leave the party. Judging by this photo, the fans are on board…

Tyler Dupree grounded it over the line after Warrington’s Jordy Crowther spilled a bomb just in front of their tryline.

Easy conversion for Adam Keighran and the Warriors draw first blood…

Junior Nsemba fielded a crossfield bomb on the last, then got a pass off to Liam Marshall, who flew through the air and looked to have grounded it while about three feet off the ground with his feet over the sideline – only to lose control of the ball just before hit hit the turf. That would have been a special meat pie.

Just moments after they were lucky not to let in a try, Warrington have gone desperately close to scoring one of their own.

Toby King thought he’d scored after reefing the ball away from a Wigan back who fielded a bomb near to his tryline, only to have the video ref rule that the Warriors player was tackled before he lost control.

The Warriors had the right-hand defence of the Wolves in all sorts there, breaking through without a hand being laid on them before the last pass went straight over the sideline with a try beckoning. Coach Matt Peet might need a chill pill already.

Wigan have just kicked off and it’s a typical bash-up on the first set as coach Sam Burgess’s charges try to bring it off their own line while the English fans launch into song.

We’re just minutes away from the first kickoff in Vegas. Here’s how the footy fest will run today (all times AEDT)

8.30am: Wigan vs Warrington

11am: Canberra vs New Zealand

1pm: Jillaroos vs England

3.30pm: Penrith vs Cronulla

The NRL are hoping for a crowd of more than 50,000 – and here’s how the turnout looked just minutes before Wigan take on Super League rivals Warrington in the first of the four matches today.

The day footy fans have been hanging out for since the grand final has finally arrived as the 2025 NRL season begins with four games from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

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