2024 London Broncos season

2024 London Broncos season
2024 Super League Rank	12th
Play-off result	Did not qualify
Challenge Cup	6th round
2024 record	Wins: 3; draws: 0; losses: 25
Points scored	For: 317; against: 916
Team information
Chairman	David Hughes
Head Coach	Mike Eccles
Captain	Will Lovell
Stadium	Plough Lane
Avg. attendance	3,264
High attendance	5,105
Top scorers
Tries	Rourke (8)
Goals	Oliver Leyland (40)
Points	Oliver Leyland (93)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2024 London Broncos season is the 45th year in the club's history, their first season back in the Super League since 2019 and their third season at Plough Lane as tenants of AFC Wimbledon. They are coached by Director of Rugby Mike Eccles. The Broncos will compete in both the 2024 Super League and the 2024 Challenge Cup. They were promoted to the Super League as winners of the 2023 Championship Grand Final.

Preseason friendlies

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
21 January; 15:00	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle	D	14-14	Storey, O. Leyland, Miloudi	O. Leyland (1/3)	2,069	[1]
28 January, 15:00	Huddersfield Giants	A	John Smith's Stadium	L	15–60	Kershaw (2), Hoyes	O. Leyland (2/3)		[ citation needed ]
21 January; 15:00	Oldham	A	Boundary Park	D	18-18	Meadows, Macani, Adebiyi, Kershaw	O. Leyland (3/3)	1,214	[2]

Betfred Super League

Main article: 2024 Super League season

Fixtures

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Pos.	Report
16 February, 20:00	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	4-40	Storey		14,058	Sky Sports Action		[3]
23 February, 20:00	Catalans Dragons	H	Plough Lane	L	0-34			5,105	Sky Sports Action		[4]
3 March, 15:00	Hull FC	A	MKM Stadium	L	24–28	Miloudi (2), Meadows, Kershaw, Storey	O. Leyland (2/5)	10,062	Sky Sports Action		[5]
9 March, 15:00	Wigan Warriors	H	Plough Lane	L	22–60	Kershaw (2), Jones, Williams	O. Leyland (3/4)	4,116	Sky Sports Arena		[6]
17 March, 15:00	Warrington Wolves	H	Plough Lane	L	4-58	Miloudi	Miloudi (0/1)	3,324	Sky Sports Arena		[7]
31 March, 15:00	Huddersfield Giants	H	Plough Lane	L	6–26	O. Leyland	O. Leyland (1/1)	2,300	Sky Sports Action		[8]
5 April, 20:00	Hull KR	A	Craven Park	L	10–50	Davis, Macani	O. Leyland (1/2)	Unknown	Sky Sports Mix		[9]
20 April, 15:00	Salford Red Devils	H	Plough Lane	L	4–12	Macani	O. Leyland (0/1)	Unknown	Sky Sports Main Event/Arena		[10]
26 April, 20:00	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle	L	0–40			6,996	Sky Sports Mix		[11]
3 May, 20:00	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley	L	8–46	Natoli, Storey	O. Leyland (0/2)	13,259	Sky Sports Mix		[12]
12 May, 15:00	Hull FC	H	Plough Lane	W	34–18	Walker, Meadows, Storey, Bassett, Kershaw, O. Leyland	O. Leyland (5/7)	Unknown	Sky Sports Action		[13]
26 May, 15:00	Hull KR	H	Plough Lane	L	14–64	Walker, Macani, Bassett	O. Leyland (1/3)	3,750	Sky Sports Arena		[14]
2 June, 15:00	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	L	4–34	Miloudi	O. Leyland (0/1)	Unknown	Sky Sports Action		[15]
16 June, 15:00	St Helens	H	Plough Lane	L	6–52	Kershaw	O. Leyland (1/1)	4,600	Sky Sports Action		[16]
21 June, 20:00	Wigan Warriors	A	Brick Community Stadium	L	0–36			Unknown	Sky Sports Arena		[17]
6 July, 15:00	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley	L	16–17 ( g.p. )	Rourke, Kennedy, Macani	O. Leyland (2/3)	Unknown	Sky Sports Action		[18]
12 July, 20:00	Castleford Tigers	H	Stonebridge Road [a]	L	20–34	Rourke, Lovell, Stock, Bienek	O. Leyland (2/4)	2,050	Sky Sports Arena		[19]
19 July, 20:00	Leigh Leopards	A	Leigh Sports Village	L	6–36	Rourke	O. Leyland (1/1)	Unknown	Sky Showcase		[20]
26 July, 20:00	Hull KR	A	Craven Park	L	16–40	Bienek, Rourke, Macani	O. Leyland (2/3)	Unknown	Sky Sports Arena		[21]
4 August, 15:00	Catalans Dragons	H	Plough Lane	W	22–4	Jones, Bassett	O. Leyland (2/2)	1,900	Sky Sports Action		[22]
11 August, 15:00	Warrington Wolves	H	Plough Lane	L	22–36	Rourke, Bienek, Davies, Tison	O. Leyland (3/4)	2,150	Sky Sports +		[23]
17 August, 14:30 (Magic Weekend)	Hull FC	N	Elland Road	W	29–4	Rourke (2), Campagnolo, O. Leyland	O. Leyland (4/4 + 2 pen.) Drop-goals: O. Leyland	30,810	Sky Sports Action		[24]
25 August, 15:00	Leigh Leopards	H	Plough Lane	L	12–32	Davis, Rourke	O. Leyland (2/2)	1,950	Not televised		[25]
30 August, 20:00	Leeds Rhinos	H	Plough Lane	L	20–21 ( g.p. )	Campagnolo, Waine, Kershaw, Natoli	O. Leyland (2/4)	4,403	Sky Sports +		[26]
8 September, 15:00	Huddersfield Giants	A	John Smith's Stadium	L	16–22	Stock, Miloudi, Adebiyi	O. Leyland (2/3)	Unknown	Sky Sports +		[27]
14 September, 20:00 (BST)	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	8–12	Kershaw	O. Leyland (1/1 + 1 pen.)	Unknown	Sky Sports +		[28]
20 September, 20:00	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	54-0			Unknown	Sky Sports +		[29]

Table

The London Broncos preparing to kick off their first home game of the season at Plough Lane in February 2024

Oliver Leyland kicking at goal against the Wigan Warriors in March 2024

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors (C)	27	22	0	5	723	338	+385	44	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Hull KR (Y)	27	21	0	6	719	326	+393	42
3	Warrington Wolves	27	20	0	7	740	319	+421	40	Advance to Eliminators
4	Salford Red Devils	27	16	0	11	550	547	+3	32
5	Leigh Leopards	27	15	1	11	566	398	+168	31
6	St Helens	27	15	0	12	596	388	+208	30
7	Catalans Dragons	27	15	0	12	474	427	+47	30
8	Leeds Rhinos	27	14	0	13	530	488	+42	28
9	Huddersfield Giants	27	10	0	17	468	660	−192	20
10	Castleford Tigers	27	7	1	19	425	735	−310	15
11	Hull FC	27	3	0	24	328	894	−566	6
12	London Broncos (R)	27	3	0	24	317	916	−599	6	Relegated to Championship

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (Y) Runners up

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2024 Challenge Cup

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
23 March; 17:30	Round 6	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	0-42			3,416	BBC One	[30] [31]

Transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Jack Hughes	Bedford Blues	1 Year	2023 [32]
James Meadows	Batley Bulldogs	1 Year	November 2023 [33]
Gideon Boafo	Newcastle Thunder	2 Years	November 2023 [34]
Sadiq Adebiyi	Keighley Cougars	2 Years	November 2023 [35]
Robbie Storey	Keighley Cougars	1 Year	November 2023 [36]
Rhys Kennedy	Hull KR	1 Year	November 2023 [37]
Josh Rourke	Whitehaven	1 Year	December 2023 [38]
Hakim Miloudi	Limoux	1 Year	January 2024 [39]
Jack Campagnolo	Souths Logan Magpies	1 Year	January 2024 [40]
Lee Kershaw	Wakefield Trinity	1 Year	February 2024 [41]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Paul Ulberg	Toulouse Olympique	1 Year + 1 Year	November 2023 [42]
Wellington Albert	Featherstone Rovers	1 Year	December 2023 [43]
Corey Norman			December 2023 [44]
Henry Raiwalui			January 2024 [45]
Dean Whare	Pia Donkeys		January 2024 [46]
Max Allen			2023 [32]
Samuel Dore			2023 [32]
Dalton Grant			2023 [32]
Rian Horsman			2023 [32]
Jack Howorth			2023 [32]
Euan Parke			2023 [32]

Loans

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Jacob Jones	Leigh Leopards	1 month loan	February 2024 [47]
Fenton Rogers	Huddersfield Giants	1 month loan	February 2024 [48]
Reiss Butterworth	Hull KR	2 week loan	March 2024 [49]
Harvey Makin	Wigan Warriors	1-month loan	March 2024 [50]

2024 squad

2024 London Broncos Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Alex Walker – FB 2 Lee Kershaw – WG 3 Jarred Bassett – CE 4 Hakim Miloudi – CE, FB 5 Iliess Macani – WG 6 Jack Campagnolo – SO, SH 7 James Meadows – SH, SO 8 Rob Butler – PR 9 Sam Davis – HK 10 Lewis Bienek – PR 11 Will Lovell (c) – SR 12 Ethan Natoli – SR 13 Dean Parata – HK, LF		14 Bill Leyland – HK 15 Marcus Stock – PR, SR, LF 16 Jordan Williams – PR 17 Sadiq Adebiyi – PR, SR, LF 18 Emmanuel Waine – SR, LF 19 Rhys Kennedy – PR 20 Oliver Leyland – SO, SH, FB 21 Robbie Storey – CE 22 Gideon Boafo – WG 23 Josh Rourke – CE, FB 24 Matt Davies – HK 25 Harry Stevens – CE 26 Jensen Monk – LF		27 Dan Hoyes – WG 28 Jack Hughes – PR 29 Jacob Jones – SR 30 Fenton Rogers – PR 32 Joe Stocks – SR 33 Harvey Makin – PR 34 Ugo Tison – SO, HK				Head coach Mike Eccles Assistant coach Ryan Sheridan Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Injured Updated: 27 March 2024 Source(s):

Statistics

Squad Number	Name	International country	Position	Age	Previous club	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points	Notes
1	Alex Walker		Fullback	-	Halifax Panthers	4	0	0	0	0
2	Lee Kershaw		Wing	-	Wakefield Trinity	7	3	0	0	12
3	Jarred Bassett		Centre	-	London Skolars	7	0	0	0	0	overseas quota
4	Hakim Miloudi		Centre	-	Limoux Grizzlies	6	3	0	0	12
5	Iliess Macani		Wing	-	London Skolars	6	0	0	0	0
6	Jack Campagnolo		Stand-off	-	Souths Logan Magpies	4	0	0	0	0	overseas quota
7	James Meadows		Scrum-half	-	Batley Bulldogs	7	1	0	0	4
8	Rob Butler		Prop	-	Wakefield Trinity	7	0	0	0	0
9	Sam Davis		Hooker	-	York Knights	6	0	0	0	0
10	Lewis Bienek		Prop	-	Castleford Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
11	Will Lovell		Second-row	-	London Skolars	6	0	0	0	0
12	Ethan Natoli		Second-row	-	Newtown Jets	0	0	0	0	0	overseas quota
13	Dean Parata		Hooker	-	Featherstone Rovers	6	0	0	0	0	overseas quota
14	Bill Leyland		Hooker	-	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	0
15	Marcus Stock		Second-row	-	York Knights	7	0	0	0	0
16	Jordan Williams		Prop	-	London Skolars	7	1	0	0	4
17	Emmanuel Waine		Second-row	-	PNG Hunters	1	0	0	0	0	overseas quota
18	Sadiq Adebiyi		Second-row	-	Keighley Cougars	2	0	0	0	0
19	Rhys Kennedy		Prop	-	Hull Kingston Rovers	7	0	0	0	0	overseas quota
20	Oli Leyland		Stand-off	-	London Broncos Academy	7	1	6	0	16
21	Robbie Storey		Centre	-	Keighley Cougars	6	2	0	0	8
22	Gideon Boafo		Wing	-	Newcastle Thunder	1	0	0	0	0
23	Josh Rourke		Centre	-	Whitehaven	0	0	0	0	0
24	Matt Davies		Hooker	-	Northern Pride	1	0	0	0	0
25	Harry Stevens		Centre	-	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	0
26	Jensen Monk		Loose forward	-	London Broncos Academy	1	0	0	0	0
27	Dan Hoyes		Wing	-	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	0
28	Jack Hughes		Prop	-	Bedford Blues	1	0	0	0	0
29	Jacob Jones		Second-row	-	Leigh Leopards	5	1	0	0	4	Loan
30	Fenton Rogers		Prop	-	Huddersfield Giants	3	0	0	0	0	Loan
31	Reiss Butterworth		Hooker	-	Hull Kingston Rovers	3	0	0	0	0	Loan
32	Joe Stocks		Second-row	-	London Broncos Academy	1	0	0	0	0
33	Harvey Makin		Prop	-	Wigan Warriors	1	0	0	0	0	Loan

Notes

1. The fixture was held away from Plough Lane as the pitch was being resurfaced.

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