2016 London Broncos season

2016 London Broncos season
2016 London Broncos season
2016 Championship Rank	2nd
Play-off result	6th in Qualifiers
Challenge Cup	Fourth Round
2016 record	Wins: 20; Draws: 0; Losses: 11
Points scored	For: 949; Against: 704
Team information
Chairman
Head Coach	Andrew Henderson
Captain	Wes Naiqama;
Stadium	Trailfinders Sports Ground
Top scorers
Tries	Rhys Williams - 29
Goals	Wes Naiqama - 49
Points	Rhys Williams - 116
Home colours	Away colours

The 2016 London Broncos season was the thirty-seventh in the club's history and their second consecutive season out of the Super League. Competing in the 2016 Kingstone Press Championship, the club was coached by Andrew Henderson, finishing in 2nd place and reaching the Fourth Round of the 2016 Challenge Cup. They failed to achieve promotion after finishing 6th place in the 2016 Super League Qualifiers.

It was their first season at the Ealing Trailfinders Sports Ground. They exited the Challenge Cup with a defeat by Featherstone Rovers.

2016 milestones[]

2016 squad[]

London Broncos 2016 squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Ben Hellewell – CE, FB 2 Rhys Williams – WG 3 Nathan Stapleton – CE, FB 4 Wes Naiqama (c) – CE 5 Iliess Macani – WG, FB 6 Israel Eliab – SO, CE 7 William Barthau – SH, SO 8 Nick Slyney (vc) – PR, LF 9 James Cunningham – HK 10 Eddie Battye – PR 11 Daniel Harrison – SR 12 Matt Garside – SR, CE 13 Rhys Lovegrove – LF, SR		14 Andy Ackers – HK 15 Jack Bussey – LF, SO, SR 16 Mark Ioane – PR, SR 17 Mark Offerdahl – PR, LF 18 Jamie Thackray – PR 19 Joe Keyes – SH, SO 20 Scott Leatherbarrow – SH, SO 21 Alex Foster – SR, LF 22 Matt Davis – SR, LF 23 Jon Magrin – PR 24 Alex Walker – FB 25 Toby Everett – PR, SR 26 Api Pewhairangi – SO, HK		27 Ben Pointer – HK 28 Ben Gray – PR, SR 29 Sadiq Adebiyi – PR, LF 30 Callum Bustin – CE, SR 32 Elliot Kear – FB, CE, WG 33 Jamie Soward – SO, SH 34 Lewis Bienek – PR				Head coach Andrew Henderson Assistant coaches Jamie Langley Danny Ward Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) Injured Updated: 2016 Source(s): London Broncos squad 2016^{[permanent dead link]}

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2016 tables[]

Regular season[]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	For	Agst	Diff	Points	Qualification
1	Leigh Centurions (C)	23	21	1	1	881	410	471	43	The Qualifiers
2	London Broncos (Q)	23	17	0	6	702	444	258	34
3	Batley Bulldogs (Q)	23	15	1	7	589	485	104	31
4	Featherstone Rovers (Q)	23	15	0	8	595	384	211	30
5	Bradford Bulls (F)	23	13	2	8	717	446	271	28	Championship Shield
6	Halifax (F)	23	13	1	9	615	484	131	27
7	Sheffield Eagles (F)	23	8	0	15	583	617	-34	16
8	Dewsbury Rams (F)	23	8	0	15	486	603	-117	16
9	Swinton Lions (F)	23	7	1	15	449	813	-364	15
10	Oldham R.L.F.C. (F)	23	7	0	16	401	678	-277	14
11	Workington Town (F)	23	5	1	17	455	756	-301	11
12	Whitehaven (F)	23	5	1	17	367	720	-335	11

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C = Champions

Q = Qualified for the qualifiers

F = Unable to qualify for the qualifiers

Qualifiers[]

Standings[]

Pos	Club	P	W	L	For	Agst	Diff	Points	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos (Q)	7	6	1	239	94	145	12	Super League XXII place
2	Leigh Centurions (Q)	7	6	1	223	193	30	12
3	Huddersfield Giants (Q)	7	5	2	257	166	91	10
4	Hull Kingston Rovers (S)	7	4	3	235	142	93	8	Million Pound Game
5	Salford Red Devils (S)	7	3	4	208	152	56	6	Million Pound Game
6	London Broncos (R)	7	3	4	221	212	9	6	2017 Championship place
7	Batley Bulldogs (R)	7	1	6	97	276	-207	2
8	Featherstone Rovers (R)	7	0	7	96	313	-217	0

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(Q) = Qualified for Super League XXII

(S) = Secured spot in Million Pound Game

(R) = Relegated to the Championship

References[]

External links[]

2016 Championship - Rugby League Project

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[1] Gains & Losses

[2] Second Division 2016

[3] Super 8's - Qualifiers 2016

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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
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)