2003 London Broncos season

2003 London Broncos season
2003 London Broncos season
Super League VIII Rank	5th
Play-off result	Eliminated Week 1
Challenge Cup	Fifth round
2003 record	Wins: 15; Draws: 2; Losses: 14
Points scored	For: 697; Against: 729
Team information
Chairman	David Hughes
Coach	Tony Rea
Captain	Jim Dymock;
Stadium	Griffin Park
Avg. attendance	3,383
High attendance	5,666
Top scorers
Tries	Dennis Moran - 24
Goals	Chris Thorman - 81
Points	Chris Thorman - 195
Home colours	Away colours

The 2003 London Broncos season was the twenty-fourth in the club's history and their eighth season in the Super League. The club was coached by Tony Rea, competing in Super League VIII and finishing in 5th place. The club also got to the fifth round of the Challenge Cup.

2003 London Broncos squad[]

Squad Number	Name	Position	Age	Previous club	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points
1	Paul Sykes	Fullback	22	Bradford Bulls	17	6	1	0	26
2	Dom Peters	Wing	24	London Broncos Academy	3	2	0	0	8
3	Nigel Roy	Centre	29	Northern Eagles	30	9	0	0	36
4	Tony Martin	Centre	24	Melbourne Storm	27	14	34	0	124
5	Steve Hall	Wing	24	St Helens	21	6	0	0	24
6	Rob Purdham	Stand-off	24	Whitehaven	27	1	0	0	4
7	Dennis Moran	Scrum-half	26	Parramatta Eels	27	24	0	0	96
8	Francis Stephenson	Prop	27	Wigan Warriors	29	2	0	0	8
9	Bill Peden	Hooker	33	Newcastle Knights	25	8	0	0	32
10	Richard Marshall	Prop	27	Huddersfield Giants	18	0	0	0	0
11	Mat Toshack	Second-row	30	South Queensland Crushers	21	1	0	0	4
12	Steele Retchless	Second-row	32	South Queensland Crushers	31	2	0	0	8
13	Jim Dymock	Loose forward	31	Parramatta Eels	29	4	0	0	16
14	Neil Budworth	Hooker	21	Wigan Warriors	30	1	0	0	4
15	Mark Cox	Prop	25	Whitehaven	4	0	0	0	0
16	Jamie Fielden	Prop	25	Doncaster	2	0	0	0	0
17	Tommy Haughey	Second-row	21	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	6	0	0	0	0
18	Austin Buchanan	Wing	19	Leeds Rhinos	4	2	0	0	8
19		Hooker	??	Bradford Bulls	3	0	0	0	0
20	Jason Hetherington	Hooker	29	Canterbury Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
21	Rob Jackson	Centre	22	Wigan Warriors	19	4	0	0	16
22	Andrew Hamilton	Second-row	31	Ipswich Jets	15	0	0	0	0
23	Chris Thorman	Stand-off	24	Huddersfield Giants	29	8	81	1	195
24	Russell Bawden	Prop	30	Brisbane Broncos	31	1	0	0	4
25	Andrew King	Centre	22	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	15	2	0	64
26	Damian Kennedy	Centre	29	Canberra Raiders	16	1	0	0	4
28		Centre	22	Widnes Vikings	1	0	0	0	0
29	Tommy Gallagher	Second-row	20	Leeds Rhinos	10	1	0	0	4
30	Jason Netherton	Second-row	20	Leeds Rhinos	3	0	0	0	0
31	Joe Mbu	Second-row	19	London Broncos Academy	8	0	0	0	0
32	Steve Trindall	Prop	30	Wests Tigers	7	0	0	0	0
33	Joel Caine	Wing	25	Wests Tigers	6	4	1	0	18
34	Dave McConnell	Hooker	22	Chorley Lynx	4	0	0	0	0

Sources: ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Super League VIII table[]

Super League VIII v t
Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qual.
1	Bradford Bulls	28	22	0	6	878	529	+349	44	Play-off Semi Final
2	Leeds Rhinos	28	19	3	6	751	555	+196	41	Play-off Semi Final
3	Wigan Warriors	28	19	2	7	776	512	+264	40	Play-off Elimination Final
4	St. Helens	28	16	1	11	845	535	+310	31^[a]
5	London Broncos	28	14	2	12	643	696	−53	30
6	Warrington Wolves	28	14	1	13	748	619	+129	29
7	Hull F.C.	28	13	3	12	701	577	+124	27^[b]
8	Castleford Tigers	28	12	1	15	612	633	−21	25
9	Widnes Vikings	28	12	1	15	640	727	−87	25
10	Huddersfield Giants	28	11	1	16	628	715	−87	23
11	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	28	7	1	20	505	774	−269	15
12	Halifax	28	1	0	27	372	1227	−875	0^[c]	Relegated to National League 1

Source: Rugby League Project.
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.

Notes

^ a: St Helens deducted two points for salary cap breaches
^ b: Hull F.C. deducted two points for salary cap breaches
^ c: Halifax deducted two points for salary cap breaches

Play-offs[]

Elimination play-offs

Qualifying / Elimination semi-finals

Elimination final

Grand Final

Bradford Bulls

30

Leeds Rhinos

14

Bradford Bulls

25

Wigan Warriors

12

Wigan Warriors

25

Leeds Rhinos

22

Warrington Wolves

12

Wigan Warriors

23

Wigan Warriors

40

St Helens

24

St Helens

24

London Broncos

6

Key:

Losing team progressing

Winning team progressing

Source: ^[5]

2003 Challenge Cup[]

For the fourth consecutive year, the Broncos were knocked out of the cup at the fifth round stage.^[6]

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Round	Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Attendance
Fourth round	London Broncos	42-12	Oldham	9 February 2003	Griffin Park	1514
Fifth round	Leeds Rhinos	21-12	London Broncos	1 March 2003	Headingley	12,901

References[]

^ "London Broncos". BBC. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2003.
^ Gains & Losses
^ London Broncos
^ SLstats - 2003 Summary
^ "Super League VIII 2003". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
^ "2003 Challenge Cup". Rugby League World. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

External links[]

London Broncos - Rugby League Project

[London_Broncos-1] "London Broncos". BBC. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2003.

[2] Gains & Losses

[3] London Broncos

[4] SLstats - 2003 Summary

[Super_League_VIII_2003-5] "Super League VIII 2003". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[6] "2003 Challenge Cup". Rugby League World. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

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v t London Broncos
Established 1980 in London, England
The Club	History Records Honours International representative players Players Coaches
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 Player of the Year	2014 Cook 2015 Naiqama 2016 Williams 2017 Sammut 2018 Battye 2019 Abdull 2021 Hankinson
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
Coaches	Reg Bowden (1980-84) Roy Lester (1984-86) (1986-87) Bev Risman (1987-88) Bill Goodwin (1988-89) (1989) Bill Goodwin (1989) Ross Strudwick (1989-93) Tony Gordon (1993-94) Gary Greinke (1994-96) Tony Currie (1996–98) Dan Stains (1999) Tony Rea / Les Kiss (1999) John Monie (2000) Tony Rea (2000–06) Brian McDermott (2006-10) Rob Powell (2011-12) Tony Rea (2012-14) Joey Grima (2014-15) Andrew Henderson (2015-17) Danny Ward (2018-21) (2021) Jermaine Coleman (2022-)
Captains	Tony Karalius (1980-81) Tony Gourley (1983-85) (1985) (1987-88) Sam Stewart (1993-94) (1995) Terry Matterson (1996-98) Shaun Edwards (1999) Karle Hammond (2000) Jason Hetherington (2001-02) Jim Dymock (2003-04) Mark McLinden (2005) Rob Purdham (2006–11) Craig Gower (2012-13) Tony Clubb (2013) Antonio Kaufusi (2013) Matt Cook (2014) Richard Mathers (2015) Nick Slyney (2015) Wes Naiqama (2016) Daniel Harrison (2017) Jay Pitts (2018-19) Will Lovell (2020-)
Culture	Super League Founding Member
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1980)