2021 London Broncos season

2021 London Broncos season
2021 Championship Rank	5th
Play-off result	N/A
Challenge Cup	2nd round
2021 record	Wins: 8; draws: 1; losses: 5
Points scored	For: 348; against: 339
Team information
Chairman	David Hughes
Head Coach	Tom Tsang
Captain	Will Lovell
Stadium	The Rock Trailfinders Sports Ground
Avg. attendance	0
High attendance	0
Top scorers
Tries	Abbas Miski - 12
Goals	Chris Hankinson - 48
Points	Hankinson - 120
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The 2021 London Broncos season is the 42nd year in the club's history, the second consecutive season out of the Super League and their sixth season at Trailfinders Sports Ground. Currently coached by Tom Tsang, the Broncos would compete in both the 2021 Betfred Championship and the 2021 Challenge Cup.

2021 squad

London Broncos 2021 Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 James Meadows – SO, FB 2 Tuoyo Egodo – WG 3 Chris Hankinson – CE 4 Will Lovell (c) – CE, SR 5 Ed Chamberlain – FB, CE, WG 6 Cory Aston – SO, SH 7 Jarrod Sammut – SH, SO 8 Olsi Krasniqi – PR 9 Matty Fozard – HK 10 Greg Richards – PR 11 Sadiq Adebiyi – LF, PR 12 Rhys Curran – SR 13 Josh Walters – SR		14 Sam Davis – HK 16 Dan Hindmarsh – SR 17 Abbas Miski – WG 18 Jordan Williams – SR 19 Jacob Ogden – CE 20 Gideon Boafo – WG 21 Rian Horsman – SH, HK 22 Oli Leyland – SH, HK 23 Josh Hodson – CE, WG 24 Will Blakemore – LF 25 Jacob Jones – SR 26 Rob Oakley – HK		27 Jonah Varela – WG, CE 28 Titus Gwaze – PR 31 Pat Moran – PR				Head coach Tom Tsang Assistant coach Mike Eccles Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Injured Updated: 21 March 2021 Source(s): First Team

Transfers

Gains

Gains
Player	Previous club	Date Announced
Matty Fozard	Ottawa Aces	December 2020 [lower-alpha 1]
Ed Chamberlain	Salford Red Devils	December 2020
Chris Hankinson	Wigan Warriors	December 2020 [1]
Abbas Miski	Manly Sea Eagles	December 2020 [2]
Jarrod Sammut	Leigh Centurions	December 2020
Romain Navarrete	Wigan Warriors	January 2021 [3]
Titus Gwaze	Wakefield Trinity	February 2021
Paulos Latu	Limoux Grizzlies	March 2021
Pat Moran	SO Avignon	May 2021

1. Rejoined the London Broncos in December 2020

Losses

Losses
Player	Signed for	Date Announced
Matty Fozard	Ottawa Aces	August 2020 [lower-alpha 1]
Olly Ashall-Bott	Ottawa Aces	August 2020 [lower-alpha 2]
Guy Armitage	Ottawa Aces	September 2020
Morgan Smith	York City Knights	September 2020
Eloi Pelissier	Toulouse Olympique	October 2020
Rob Butler	Warrington Wolves	November 2020 [4]
Kieran Dixon	York City Knights	November 2020 [5]
Dan Norman	St Helens	December 2020
Olly Ashall-Bott	Huddersfield Giants	January 2021 [lower-alpha 3]
Eddie Battye	Wakefield Trinity	January 2021
Paulos Latu
Romain Navarrete	Toulouse Olympique	July 2021

1. Did not play for the Ottawa Aces due to impact of Covid-19
2. Did not play for the Ottawa Aces due to impact of Covid-19
3. Huddersfield contract signed in January 2021

Tables

2021 Betfred Championship table - Regular Season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification [lower-alpha 1]
1	Toulouse Olympique [lower-alpha 2]	14	14	0	0	698	124	562.9	28	100.00	Championship Leaders' Shield & advance to semi-final
2	Featherstone Rovers	21	20	0	1	943	292	322.9	38 [lower-alpha 3]	90.48 [lower-alpha 3]	Advance to semi-final
3	Halifax Panthers	21	13	0	8	528	354	149.2	26	61.90	Advance to eliminators
4	Batley Bulldogs	21	13	0	8	561	411	136.5	26	61.90
5	Bradford Bulls	20	12	0	8	514	501	102.6	24	60.00
6	Whitehaven	22	12	1	9	502	524	95.8	25	56.82
7	London Broncos [lower-alpha 2]	20	11	1	8	552	579	95.3	21 [lower-alpha 4]	52.50 [lower-alpha 4]
8	Widnes Vikings	21	9	1	11	494	534	92.5	19	45.24
9	York City Knights	20	9	0	11	502	477	105.2	18	45.00
10	Dewsbury Rams	21	8	1	12	360	608	59.2	17	40.48
11	Newcastle Thunder	20	7	1	12	431	627	68.7	15	37.50
12	Sheffield Eagles	20	5	3	12	420	665	63.2	13	32.50
13	Oldham	21	2	1	18	308	748	41.2	5	11.90	Relegated to League 1
14	Swinton Lions	22	2	1	19	404	773	52.3	5	11.36

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) win percentage; 2) points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).
Notes:

1. Teams must have played at least 70% of scheduled fixtures (16 matches) to qualify for the play-offs. Fixtures involving Toulouse that are cancelled due to quarantine restrictions do not count against either team involved in respect of the 70% requirement. ^[6]
2. Toulouse were awarded the fixture against London scheduled for 17 April after London declined to travel to France. Toulouse are awarded the two competition points and for points scored percentage the score is recorded as a 24–0 win for Toulouse. The game does not count towards the number of games played by London to determine eligibility for the play-offs
3. Featherstone deducted 2 points for breach of the RFL Operational Rules in March 2021. ^[7]
4. London deducted 2 points for breach of the RFL Operational Rules in failing for fulfil the fixture against Toulouse in April 2021. ^[9]

2021 fixtures and results

2021 RFL Championship

Date	Competition	Round	Versus	Venue	Home or Away	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV	Report
4 April 2021	2021 RFL Championship	1	Halifax Panthers	The Shay	Away	Loss	47-14	Miski (2), Egodo	Fozard	0	OurLeague	[11]
18 April 2021	2021 RFL Championship	2	Toulouse Olympique	Stade Ernest-Wallon	Away	Cancelled	24–0					[12]
25 April 2021	2021 RFL Championship	3	Oldham	The Rock	Home	Won	38-24	Egodo (3), Sammut (2), Hindmarsh, Walters	Hankinson (5)	0	OurLeague	[13]
1 May 2021	2021 RFL Championship	4	Sheffield Eagles	Keepmoat Stadium	Away	Draw	20–20	Egodo, Miski (3)	Hankinson, Sammut	0	OurLeague	[14]
9 May 2021	2021 RFL Championship	5	Newcastle Thunder	The Rock	Home	Won	50–30	Fozard, Hankinson, Miski (2), Boafo (2), Richards, Sammut	Hankinson (8), Sammut	0	OurLeague	[15]
15 May 2021	2021 RFL Championship	6	Batley Bulldogs	Mount Pleasant	Away	Won	6–40	Walters, Hankinson (2), Miski, Curran, Jones, Boafo	Hankinson (6)	0	OurLeague	[16]
23 May 2021	2021 RFL Championship	7	Bradford Bulls	Trailfinders Sports Ground	Home	Loss	8-33	Curran	Hankinson (2)		OurLeague	[17]
30 May 2021	2021 RFL Championship	8	Dewsbury Rams	Trailfinders Sports Ground	Home	Won	30-10	Walters (2), Fozard, Aston, Meadows	Hankinson (5)		OurLeague	[18]
13 June 2021	2021 RFL Championship	9	Widnes Vikings	Halton Stadium	Away	Won	22-24	Miski, Curran, Navarrete, Gwaze	Hankinson (4)		OurLeague	[19]
20 June 2021	2021 RFL Championship	10	Whitehaven	Trailfinders Sports Ground	Home	Won	46-12	Hankinson (2), Meadows, Hodson, Gwaze, Curran, Aston, Sammut	Hankinson (7)		OurLeague	[20]
27 June 2021	2021 RFL Championship	11	Swinton Lions	Trailfinders Sports Ground	Home	Won	38-24	Boafo (3), Miski (2), Lovell, Sammut	Hankinson (5)		OurLeague	[21]
3 July 2021	2021 RFL Championship	12	Featherstone Rovers	Post Office Road	Away	Loss	63-14	Hankinson, Sammut, Miski	Hankinson		OurLeague	[22]
11 July 2021	2021 RFL Championship	13	York City Knights	Trailfinders Sports Ground	Home
25 July 2021	2021 RFL Championship	14	Widnes Vikings	Trailfinders Sports ground	Home
1 August 2021	2021 RFL Championship	15	Oldham	Bower Fold	Away
8 August 2021	2021 RFL Championship	16	Toulouse Olympique	Trailfinders Sports Ground	Home
15 August 2021	2021 RFL Championship	17	Whitehaven	The Recreation Ground	Away
22 August 2021	2021 RFL Championship	18	Newcastle Thunder	Kingston Park	Away
29 August 2021	2021 RFL Championship	19	Sheffield Eagles	Venue TBC	Home
5 September 2021	2021 RFL Championship	20	Swinton Lions	Heywood Road	Away
12 September 2021	2021 RFL Championship	21	Featherstone Rovers	Venue TBC	Home
19 September 2021	2021 RFL Championship	22	York City Knights	York Community Stadium	Away

2021 Challenge Cup / 2021 RFL 1895 Cup

Date	Competition	Round	Versus	Venue	Home or Away	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV	Report
20 March 2021	2021 Challenge Cup / 2021 RFL 1895 Cup	Round 1	Keighley Cougars	The Rock	Home	Won	24-10	Boafo, Jones, Davis, Navarrete	Hankinson (4)	0	OurLeague	[23]
28 March 2021	2021 Challenge Cup / 2021 RFL 1895 Cup	Round 2	York City Knights	The Rock	Home	Lost	2-14		Chamberlain	0	BBC	[24]

Statistics

London kicking a goal against the Bradford Bulls, in the first match back at the Trailfinders Sports Ground, and the first match with spectators allowed to attend

Squad Number	Name	International country	Position	Age	Previous club	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points
1	James Meadows		Stand-off	21	London Broncos Academy	11	2	0	0	8
2	Tuoyo Egodo		Wing	24	Castleford Tigers	4	5	0	0	20
3	Chris Hankinson		Centre	27	Wigan Warriors	11	6	48	0	120
4	Will Lovell		Centre	27	London Skolars	13	1	0	0	4
5	Ed Chamberlain		Wing	25	Salford Red Devils	6	0	1	0	2
6	Cory Aston		Stand-off	26	Castleford Tigers	7	2	0	0	8
7	Jarrod Sammut		Scrum-half	34	Leigh Centurions	9	6	2	0	28
8	Olsi Krasniqi		Prop	28	Toronto Wolfpack	3	0	0	0	0
9	Matty Fozard		Hooker	26	Sheffield Eagles	8	2	1	0	10
10	Greg Richards		Prop	25	Leigh Centurions	12	1	0	0	4
11	Sadiq Adebiyi		Loose forward	24	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	0
12	Rhys Curran		Second-row	31	Toulouse Olympique	9	4	0	0	16
13	Josh Walters		Second-row	26	Featherstone Rovers	10	4	0	0	16
14	Sam Davis		Hooker	22	London Broncos Academy	10	1	0	0	4
15	Romain Navarette		Prop	26	Wigan Warriors	11	2	0	0	8
16	Dan Hindmarsh		Second-row	22	London Broncos Academy	12	1	0	0	4
17	Abbas Miski		Wing	25	Manly Sea Eagles	13	12	0	0	48
18	Jordan Williams		Second-row	23	London Skolars	9	0	0	0	0
19	Jacob Ogden		Centre	22	London Broncos Academy	2	0	0	0	0
20	Gideon Boafo		Wing	22	London Broncos Academy	10	7	0	0	28
21	Rian Horsman		Hooker	20	London Broncos Academy	2	0	0	0	0
22	Oli Leyland		Hooker	20	London Broncos Academy	3	0	0	0	0
23	Josh Hodson		Wing	20	London Broncos Academy	9	1	0	0	4
24	Will Blakemore		Loose forward	-	London Broncos Academy	2	0	0	0	0
25	Jacob Jones		Second-row	-	London Broncos Academy	11	1	0	0	4
26	Rob Oakley		Hooker	-	London Broncos Academy	3	0	0	0	0
27	Jonah Varela		Wing	-	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	0
28	Titus Gwaze		Prop	21	Wakefield Trinity	13	2	0	0	8
30	Paulos Latu		Prop	28	Limoux Grizzlies	2	0	0	0	0
31	Pat Moran		Prop	23	SO Avignon	4	0	0	0	0

References

1. "London Broncos sign Wigan centre Chris Hankinson and Manly winger Abbas Miski". BBC Sport. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
2. "London Broncos sign Wigan centre Chris Hankinson and Manly winger Abbas Miski". BBC Sport. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
3. "Romain Navarrete: Wigan Warriors prop forward leaves to join London Broncos". BBC Sport. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
4. "RISING STAR ROB BUTLER JOINS THE WIRE". www.warringtonwolves.com. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
5. "KIERAN DIXON JOINS YORK CITY KNIGHTS". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
6. "Toulouse home fixtures against Halifax and Batley cancelled". RFL. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
7. "Operational Rules Tribunal – Featherstone Rovers". RFL. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
9. "Operational Rules Tribunal – London Broncos". RFL. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
11. Toulouse Olympique XIII v London Broncos
12. Halifax Panthers v London Broncos
13. London Broncos v Oldham
14. Sheffield Eagles v London Broncos
15. London Broncos v Newcastle Thunder
16. Batley Bulldogs v London Broncos
17. London Broncos v Bradford Bulls
18. London Broncos v Dewsbury Rams
19. Widnes Vikings v London Broncos
20. London Broncos v Whitehaven
21. London Broncos v Swinton Lions
22. Featherstone Rovers v London Broncos
23. London Broncos v Keighley Cougars
24. London Broncos v York City Knights

External links

• London Broncos website
• FIXTURES