Devoted NRL fan travels to Las Vegas with Viking helmet and giant Lebanese drum for game.
Plane tickets. Check. Viking helmet. Check. Giant Lebanese Drum, hopefully squeezed into a suitcase. Check.
One of the NRL's most dedicated fans, Simon Tayoun - also known as the Canberra Raiders' drummer - flew to Las Vegas this week after learning local authorities had given him their blessing to watch the game with his giant drum and Viking costume inside Allegiant Stadium.
While Raiders players Hudson Young and Morgan Smithies tried to bang each other with an inflatable baseball bat during a hotel skirmish, Tayoun will be doing his best to beat his precious drum, sure to make the players and travelling Green Machine fans feel...