Tigers to play in pioneering US game
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The Leicester Tigers are to help launch a professional rugby league in America by taking part in an historic match.
The Tigers will play a combined US team - the Rough Riders - in Philadelphia on August 8.
The Independence Cup will be the first elite rugby match played in the States by a professional American team.
The fixture will help launch the National Rugby Football League - the first American professional rugby championship - which begins in 2016.
The 10-time English champions will face a team made up of former NFL athletes, college football players and colleg…
The Tigers will play a combined US team - the Rough Riders - in Philadelphia on August 8.
The Independence Cup will be the first elite rugby match played in the States by a professional American team.
The fixture will help launch the National Rugby Football League - the first American professional rugby championship - which begins in 2016.
The 10-time English champions will face a team made up of former NFL athletes, college football players and colleg…
