New Zealand's Canterbury Crusaders players react during the Super rugby final against Australia's Queensland Reds at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane July 9, 2011. REUTERS/Jason O'Brien (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SPORT RUGBY) - RTR2ONUS
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The emergence of the United States as a lucrative rugby market continued on Wednesday with the announcement seven-times Super Rugby champions Canterbury Crusaders will play English powerhouse Saracens in the Superdome in New Orleans.
News of the August exhibition match follows on from the announcement that Australia's Wallabies would play the United States at Chicago's Soldier Field en route to the World Cup later this year.
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