Why the AFL shouldn’t be scared by NRL’s season-opening Las Vegas fixtures

The AFL shouldn’t be worried about the NRL’s much-hyped season-opening clashes in the United States, according to Sam McClure.

A season-opening NRL double header will take place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, and the league has launched an all-out advertising blitz – headlined by Russell Crowe selling the sport to overseas audiences – in an attempt to build up for the event.

In response, the AFL will play a standalone opening round exclusively in Queensland and New South Wales.

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“I’m sitting there as an AFL fan looking over my shoulder not scared at all,” he told Wide World of Sports.