2023 London Broncos season

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
Home colours	Away colours

Last updated April 10, 2024

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

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	Relegation to League One

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	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	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

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

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

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

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

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v t e London Broncos
Established 1980 in London, England
The Club	History Home grounds Records Honours International representative players Players
Home grounds	Craven Cottage Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Chiswick Polytechnic Sports Ground Copthall Stadium The Valley Griffin Park The Stoop The Hive Trailfinders Sports Ground The Rock Plough Lane
LBSA Hall of Fame	Reg Bowden Luke Dorn Peter Gill Tony Gourley Mark Johnson Roy Lester Hussein M'Barki Martin Offiah Rob Purdham Tony Rea Steele Retchless Scott Roskell
LBSA Men's Player of the Year	2014 Cook 2015 Naiqama 2016 Williams 2017 Sammut 2018 Battye 2019 Abdull 2021 Hankinson 2022 Parata 2023 Leyland
LBSA Women's Player of the Year	2022 Treco 2023 Treco
Honours	1982-83 Rugby Football League Championship Second Division Champions Super League II runners-up 1999 Challenge Cup runners-up
Seasons	1980/81 1981/82 1982/83 1983/84 1984/85 1985/86 1986/87 1987/88 1988/89 1989/90 1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Men's Coaches	Bowden (1980-84) Lester (1984-86) Goodwin (1986-87) Risman (1987-88) Goodwin (1988) Sullivan (1989) Goodwin (1989) Strudwick (1989-92) Gordon (1993-94) Greinke (1994-96) Currie (1996-98) Stains (1998-99) Kiss & Rea (1999) Monie (1999-2000) Rea (2000-05) McDermott (2006-10) Powell (2011-12) Rea (2012-14) Grima (2014-15) Henderson (2015-17) Ward (2018-21) Coleman (2022) Eccles (2022-)
Women's Coaches	Baker (2021-)