2012 London Broncos season

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2012 London Broncos season
Super League XVII Rank12th
Challenge Cup Quarter final
2012 recordWins: 9; draws: 0; losses: 21
Points scoredFor: 696; against: 960
Team information
Chairman David Hughes
Head Coach Rob Powell (until July 2012)
Tony Rea (July 2012 onwards)
Captain
Stadium The Stoop
Avg. attendance2,532
High attendance4,924
Top scorers
Tries Kieran Dixon - 16
Luke Dorn - 16
Goals Michael Witt - 52
PointsMichael Witt - 136
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Home colours
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Away colours
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The 2012 London Broncos season was the thirty-third in the club's history, their seventeenth season in the Super League and their first re-branded back to the London Broncos. Competing in Super League XVII, the club was coached by Rob Powell until midseason when he was replaced by Tony Rea. They finished in 12th place and reaching the Quarter Finals of the 2012 Challenge Cup.

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They were captained by Craig Gower, finishing Super League's regular season 12th out of 14 teams, thus failing to reach the play-offs for the 7th consecutive year.

2012 Squad

Squad NumberNameRepresentative countryPositionAgePrevious clubAppearancesTriesGoalsDrop GoalsPoints
1 Luke Dorn Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fullback 30 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 24160064
2 Liam Colbon Flag of England.svg Wing 27 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 82008
3 Jamie O'Callaghan Four Provinces Flag.svg Centre 21 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy2750020
4 David Howell Flag of Australia (converted).svg Centre 28 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2030012
5 Michael Robertson Flag of Scotland.svg Wing 29 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles 26150060
6 Michael Witt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stand-off 28 Cruscolours.svg Crusaders RL 228520136
7 Craig Gower Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scrum-half 34 Flag of France.svg Aviron Bayonnais RU29427070
8 Antonio Kaufusi Flag of Tonga.svg Prop 27 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2980032
9 Chad Randall Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hooker 31 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles 3040016
10 Mark Bryant Flag of Australia (converted).svg Prop 31 Cruscolours.svg Crusaders RL 301004
11 Shane Rodney Flag of Australia (converted).svg Second-row 29 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles 15216040
12 Chris Bailey Flag of Australia (converted).svg Second-row 30 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles 2770028
13 Tony Clubb Flag of England.svg Loose forward 25 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy2660024
14 Julien Rinaldi Flag of France.svg Hooker 33 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 201004
15 Karl Temata Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Prop 34 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 90000
16 Chris Melling Flag of England.svg Second-row 27 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 2232016
17 Jason Golden Flag of England.svg Second-row 26 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 91004
18 Olsi Krasniqi Flag of Albania.svg Loose forward 20 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy162008
19 Dan Sarginson Flag of England.svg Centre 19 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy1950020
20 Matt Cook Flag of England.svg Second-row 25 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 1440016
21 Kieran Dixon Flag of England.svg Wing 20 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy27161066
22 Ben Bolger Flag of England.svg Second-row 22 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy111004
23 Omari Caro Flag of Jamaica.svg Wing 21 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy1240016
24 Lamont Bryan Flag of Jamaica.svg Second-row 21 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy00000
26 Rob Thomas Flag of England.svg Prop 21 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy00000
27 Sam Bolger Flag of England.svg Scrum-half 20 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy10000
28 Michael Channing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Centre 20 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy81004
29 Erjon Dollapi Flag of Albania.svg Prop 18 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy00000
30 Scott Wheeldon Flag of England.svg Prop 26 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 1630012
31 Will Lovell Flag of England.svg Centre 19 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy1030012
32 Mike McMeeken Flag of England.svg Second-row 18 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Academy30000

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Super League XVII table

Super League XVII
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors (L)272106994449+54542Play-offs
2 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 272016909539+37041
3 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 271728795480+31536
4 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 271809812611+20136
5 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos (C)2716011823662+16132
6 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 2715210696621+7532
7 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 2714013699664+3528
8 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 271301463376413126
9 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 271411263375612323 [a]
10 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 2710116753729+2421
11 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds 27811861884422617
12 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 27702058889030214
13 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 27602155494839412
14 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 276021532108255012
Source: superleague.co.uk and BBC Sport.
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
  1. Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points on 25 July 2012 for entering administration [2]

References

  1. Gains & Losses
  2. "Bradford Bulls handed six-point deduction by RFL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2012.