2023 London Broncos season

2023 London Broncos season
2023 Championship Rank	5th
Play-off result	Promoted as Grand Final Winners
Challenge Cup	6th round
1895 Cup	Semi-final
2023 record	Wins: 22; draws: 0; losses: 12
Points scored	For: 838; against: 668
Team information
Chairman	David Hughes
Head Coach	Mike Eccles
Captain	Will Lovell
Stadium	Plough Lane
Avg. attendance	1849
High attendance	1849
Top scorers
Tries	Iliess Macani - 21
Goals	Oli Leyland - 78
Points	Oli Leyland - 188
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The 2023 London Broncos season is the 44th year in the club's history, the fourth consecutive season out of the Super League and their second season at Plough Lane as tenants of AFC Wimbledon. They were coached by Director of Rugby Mike Eccles. The Broncos competed in both the 2023 Betfred Championship and the 2023 Challenge Cup. They were promoted to the Super League from the 2024 season as winners of the 2023 Championship Grand Final.

2023 squad

Oli Leyland aiming a kick at goal for the London Broncos in February 2023

The London Broncos lining up at Ebbsfleet in July 2023

London Broncos 2023 Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Alex Walker – FB 2 Paul Ulberg – WG 3 Jarred Bassett – CE, FB 4 Dalton Grant – CE 5 Iliess Macani – WG 6 Oli Leyland – SO, SH 7 Rian Horsman – SH, SO 8 Wellington Albert – PR 9 Sam Davis – HK 10 Jordan Williams – PR 11 Will Lovell (c) – SR 12 Marcus Stock – SR 13 Dean Parata – HK, LF		14 Bill Leyland – HK 15 Lewis Bienek – PR 16 Ethan Natoli – SR 17 Henry Raiwalui – SH, SO 18 Emmanuel Waine – SR 22 Max Allen – SR 23 Dan Hoyes – CE 24 Jensen Monk – PR 25 Jack Howorth – PR 26 Euan Parke – SR		27 Ramon Silva – PR 28 Harvie Hill – PR 29 Zach Eckersley – CE				Head coach Mike Eccles Assistant coach Rhys Lovegrove Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Injured Updated: 7 February 2023 Source(s): First Team [1]

Regular season table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Featherstone Rovers	27	25	0	2	1079	295	+784	50	League Leaders Shield and qualify for semi-finals
2	Toulouse Olympique	27	19	0	8	834	385	+449	38	Semi-finals
3	Bradford Bulls	27	16	1	10	677	572	+105	33	Eliminators
4	Sheffield Eagles	27	16	0	11	780	560	+220	32
5	London Broncos	27	16	0	11	600	552	+48	32
6	York Knights	27	15	0	12	557	557	0	30
7	Batley Bulldogs	27	15	0	12	506	519	−13	30
8	Halifax Panthers	27	14	1	12	690	572	+118	29
9	Widnes Vikings	27	13	0	14	619	654	−35	26
10	Swinton Lions	27	9	0	18	426	739	−313	18
11	Barrow Raiders	27	8	1	18	471	672	−201	17
12	Whitehaven	27	8	0	19	481	809	−328	16
13	Keighley Cougars	27	8	0	19	506	837	−331	16	Relegation to League One
14	Newcastle Thunder	27	5	1	21	415	918	−503	11

Source: RFL
Rules for classification: 1) Competition points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points percentage (points scored/points conceded x 100)

Fixtures and Results

W WinD DrawL Loss

Pre-season

Date	Time	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV	Report
20 January	14:00	Friendly	London Skolars	A	Artillery Ground	W	58-18					RFL

Betfred Championship

Date	Time	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV	Report
5 February	15:00	Round 1	Batley Bulldogs	H	Plough Lane	L	20-30	Grant, B. Leyland, Walker, Ulberg	O. Leyland (2)	1849		Broncos
12 February	15:00	Round 2	Whitehaven	A	Recreation Ground	W	20-16	Ulberg (2), Davis, Bassett		750		BBC
19 February	15:00	Round 3	Halifax Panthers	A	The Shay	L	18-26					RFL
26 February	15:00	Round 4	Sheffield Eagles	H	Plough Lane	L	20-21					RFL
5 March	15:00	Round 5	Keighley Cougars	A	Cougar Park	L	22-33					RFL
18 March	15:00	Round 6	Newcastle Thunder	A	Kingston Park	W	36-6					RFL
26 March	15:00	Round 7	Swinton Lions	H	Plough Lane	W	16-14					RFL
7 April	15:00	Round 8	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest-Wallon	L	0-52					RFL
16 April	15:00	Round 9	Featherstone Rovers	H	Plough Lane	L	10-40					RFL
7 May	15:00	Round 10	York Knights	A	York Community Stadium	L	28-30					RFL
13 May	14:00	Round 11	Barrow Raiders	H	Plough Lane	W	30-16					RFL
27 May	17:00	Round 12	Toulouse Olympique	N	York Community Stadium	W	14-10					RFL
4 June	15:00	Round 13	Widnes Vikings	A	Halton Stadium	W	26-18					RFL
11 June	15:00	Round 14	Bradford Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium	L	16-32					RFL
18 June	15:00	Round 15	Featherstone Rovers	A	Post Office Road	L	6-50					RFL
25 June	15:00	Round 16	Batley Bulldogs	A	Fox's Biscuits Stadium	W	20-18					RFL
2 July	15:00	Round 17	Newcastle Thunder	H	Stonebridge Road	W	56-10					RFL
8 July	18:00	Round 18	Toulouse Olympique	H	Stonebridge Road	W	22-6					RFL
16 July	15:00	Round 19	Swinton Lions	A	Heywood Road	W	12-6					RFL
30 July	15:00	Round 20	York Knights	H	Plough Lane	L	10-24					RFL
6 August	15:00	Round 21	Barrow Raiders	A	Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness	W	26-6					RFL
20 August	15:00	Round 22	Halifax Panthers	H	Plough Lane	W	26-12					RFL
27 August	15:00	Round 23	Whitehaven	H	Plough Lane	W	34-18					RFL
3 September	15:00	Round 24	Sheffield Eagles	A	Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium	L	18-26					RFL
10 September	15:00	Round 25	Widnes Vikings	H	Plough Lane	W	52-12					RFL
17 September	15:00	Round 26	Bradford Bulls	H	Plough Lane	L	10-12					RFL
24 September	15:00	Round 27	Keighley Cougars	H	Plough Lane	W	20-16					RFL

Play-offs

Date	Time	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV	Report
1 October	15:00	Eliminators	Sheffield Eagles	A	Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium	W	42-0					RFL
8 October	18:00	Semi-final	Featherstone Rovers	A	Post Office Road	W	36-26	Walker (2), Whare, Macani, Grant, Raiwalui	Norman (6)			RFL
15 October	15:00	Grand Final	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest-Wallon	W	18-14	Whare, Walker, Macani (2)	Norman			RFL, BBC

Team bracket

	Eliminators					Semi-finals					Grand Final
						1	Featherstone Rovers	26
	4	Sheffield Eagles	0			5	London Broncos	36
	5	London Broncos	42								2	Toulouse Olympique	14
											5	London Broncos	18
						2	Toulouse Olympique	38
	3	Bradford Bulls	22			3	Bradford Bulls	20
	6	York Knights	8

Sources: Bradford v York, Toulouse v Bradford

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2023 Challenge Cup

W WinL Loss

Challenge Cup results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
11 March	3	Whitehaven	A	Recreation Ground	W	32–10	Bassett (3), B. Leyland, O. Leyland, Stock	O. Leyland (4)	347	RLP
1 April	4	Doncaster	H	The Rock	W	36–16	O. Leyland (2), Ulberg (2), Albert, Grant, Horsman, B. Leyland, Macani, Parata, Silva, Waine	O. Leyland (9)	428	RLP
23 April	5	Dewsbury Rams	H	The Rock	W	36–16	Macani (2), Albert, Bassett, Bienik, B. Leyland, Stock	O. Leyland (4)	353	RLP
21 May	6	York Knights	A	York Community Stadium	L	12–36	Bassett, Walker	O. Leyland (2)	951	RLP

1895 Cup

Main article: 2023 RFL 1895 Cup

W WinL Loss

1895 Cup results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
22 July	Semi-final	Halifax Panthers	H	The Rock	L	6–10	Stock	O. Leyland	417	RLP

Transfers

In

Country	Name	Position	Signed from	Date	Notes
	Sam Davis	Hooker	York Knights	September 2022
	Jarred Bassett	Fullback	London Skolars	October 2022
	Marcus Stock	Second-row	York Knights	October 2022
	Jensen Monk	Prop	London Broncos Academy	October 2022
	Henry Raiwalui	Scrum-half	Wentworthville Magpies	November 2022
	Ethan Natoli	Second-row	Newtown Jets	November 2022
	Emmanuel Waine	Second-row	Papua New Guinea Hunters	February 2023
	Ramon Silva	Prop	Wigan Warriors	February 2023	one-month loan
	Zach Eckersley	Centre	Wigan Warriors	February 2023	one-month loan
	Harvie Hill	Prop	Wigan Warriors	February 2023	one-month loan

Out

Country	Name	Position	Signed for	Date	Notes
	Jude Ferreira	Centre	Hull FC	September 2022	End of Loan
	Brock Pelligra	Scrum-half	Toulouse Olympique	September 2022
	Brad Foster	Loose forward	Bradford Bulls	September 2022
	Calum Gahan	Hooker	Toulouse Olympique	November 2022
	Rob Tuliatu	Prop	Newcastle Thunder	November 2022

Statistics

Squad Number	Name	International country	Position	Age	Previous club	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points	Notes
1	Alex Walker		Fullback	-	Halifax Panthers	33	20	0	0	80
2	Paul Ulberg		Wing	-	Norths Devils	25	12	0	0	48
3	Jarred Bassett		Centre	-	London Skolars	32	17	0	0	68
4	Dalton Grant		Centre	-	London Skolars	16	8	0	0	32
5	Iliess Macani		Wing	-	London Skolars	30	21	0	0	84
6	Oli Leyland		Stand-off	-	London Broncos Academy	32	8	78	0	188
7	Rian Horsman		Scrum-half	-	London Broncos Academy	8	2	0	0	8
8	Wellington Albert		Prop	-	Keighley Cougars	26	4	0	0	16
9	Sam Davis		Hooker	-	York Knights	29	0	0	0	0
10	Jordan Williams		Prop	-	London Skolars	33	4	0	0	16
11	Will Lovell		Second-row	-	London Skolars	31	3	0	0	12
12	Marcus Stock		Second-row	-	York Knights	33	5	0	0	20
13	Dean Parata		Hooker	-	Featherstone Rovers	34	6	0	0	24
14	Bill Leyland		Hooker	-	London Broncos Academy	32	13	0	0	52
15	Lewis Bienek		Prop	-	Castleford Tigers	25	3	0	0	12
16	Ethan Natoli		Second-row	-	Newtown Jets	32	3	0	0	12
17	Henry Raiwalui		Scrum-half	-	Wentworthville Magpies	23	5	0	0	20
18	Emmanuel Waine		Second-row	-	PNG Hunters	14	2	0	0	8
19	Dean Whare		Centre	-	Pia Donkeys	13	12	0	0	48
20	Corey Norman		Stand-off	-	FC Lézignan	15	1	36	0	76
22	Max Allen		Second-row	-	London Broncos Academy	2	0	0	0	0
23	Dan Hoyes		Centre	-	London Broncos Academy	7	0	0	0	0
24	Jensen Monk		Prop	-	London Broncos Academy	3	0	0	0	0
25	Jack Howorth		Prop	-	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	0
26	Euan Parke		Prop	-	London Broncos Academy	5	0	0	0	0
27	Ramon Silva		Prop	-	Wigan Warriors	11	1	0	0	4	Loan
28	Harvie Hill		Prop	-	Wigan Warriors	4	0	0	0	0	Loan
29	Zach Eckersley		Centre	-	Wigan Warriors	4	1	0	0	4	Loan
30	Abbas Miski		Wing	-	Wigan Warriors	1	1	0	0	4	Loan
32	Jacob Jones		Second-row	-	Leigh Leopards	4	0	0	0	0	Loan
33	Rob Butler		Prop	-	Wakefield Trinity	17	2	0	0	8
34	Matt Davies		Hooker	-	Northern Pride	7	0	0	0	0
35	Kyle Evans		Wing	-	Featherstone Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	Loan
36	Jacob Gannon		Second-row	-	Leigh Leopards	6	1	0	0	4	Loan
37	Harvey Makin		Prop	-	Wigan Warriors	1	0	0	0	0	Loan
38	Kieran Tyrer		Centre	-	Wigan Warriors	1	0	0	0	0	Loan
39	Harry Stevens		Centre	-	London Broncos Academy	1	0	0	0	0
--	Samuel Dore		Prop	-	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	0

References

1. London Broncos - 2023

External links

• London Broncos website
• FIXTURES
• Rugby League Project - London Broncos - Second Division 2023
• London Broncos 2023