2017 London Broncos season

2017 London Broncos season
2017 London Broncos season
2017 Championship Rank	2nd
Play-off result	N/A
Challenge Cup	Fourth Round
2017 record	Wins: 19; Draws: 1; Losses: 9
Points scored	For: 950; Against: 533
Team information
Chairman
Head Coach	Andrew Henderson
Captain	Daniel Harrison;
Stadium	Trailfinders Sports Ground
Avg. attendance	860
High attendance	1476
Top scorers
Tries	Jarrod Sammut - 26
Goals	Jarrod Sammut - 84
Points	Jarrod Sammut - 272
Home colours	Away colours

The 2017 London Broncos season was the thirty-eighth in the club's history and their third consecutive season out of the Super League. Competing in the 2017 Kingstone Press Championship, the club was coached by Andrew Henderson, finishing in 2nd place and reaching the Fourth Round of the 2017 Challenge Cup. They failed to achieve promotion after finishing 6th place in the 2017 Super League Qualifiers.

It was their second since moving to Ealing. They exited the Challenge Cup with a defeat by the Toronto Wolfpack.

2017 milestones[]

2017 squad[]

London Broncos 2017 Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Elliot Kear – FB, CE, WG 2 Rhys Williams – WG 3 Ben Hellewell – CE, SR 4 Adrian Purtell – CE 5 Kieran Dixon – WG 6 Jarrod Sammut – SO, SH 7 William Barthau – SH, SO 8 Tom Spencer – PR 9 James Cunningham (vc) – HK 10 Mark Ioane – PR, SR 11 Daniel Harrison (c) – SR 12 Matt Garside – SR, CE 13 Jay Pitts – LF, SR		14 Andy Ackers – HK 15 Eddie Battye – PR 16 Junior Roqica – PR, LF 17 Mark Offerdahl – PR, LF 18 Ben Evans – PR 19 Api Pewhairangi – SO, HK 20 Michael Channing – CE 21 Dalton Grant – WG 22 Matt Davis – SR, LF 23 Matty Gee – SR 24 Alex Walker – FB		27 Ben Pointer – HK 28 Sadiq Adebiyi – PR, SR 29 Kameron Pearce-Paul – WG, CE 31 Lewis Bienek – PR 34 John Boudebza – HK 35 Jacob Ogden – CE 36 Sam Wilde – SR, LF				Head coach Andrew Henderson Assistant coaches Jamie Langley Danny Ward Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) Injured Updated: 7 July 2017 Source(s): London Broncos squad 2017

2017 tables[]

Regular season[]

London Broncos lining up away at Toulouse in 2017

London Broncos after scoring a try in April 2017

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hull Kingston Rovers (X)	23	19	1	3	850	385	+465	39	The Qualifiers
2	London Broncos	23	18	0	5	832	406	+426	36
3	Featherstone Rovers	23	15	1	7	687	421	+266	31
4	Halifax	23	16	0	7	567	357	+210	32
5	Toulouse Olympique	23	15	0	8	720	466	+254	30	Championship Shield
6	Batley Bulldogs	23	11	0	12	549	663	−114	22
7	Sheffield Eagles	23	10	0	13	568	785	−217	20
8	Dewsbury Rams	23	8	0	15	388	736	−348	16
9	Rochdale Hornets	23	7	1	15	457	680	−223	15
10	Swinton Lions	23	6	0	17	477	648	−171	12
11	Oldham	23	5	1	17	410	735	−325	11
12	Bradford Bulls^[a]	23	6	0	17	500	719	−219	0

Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2017. Source: [1]
(X) League Leaders Shield
Notes:

^ Bradford Bulls deducted 12 points on 3 January 2017 for entering administration.

^[1]

Qualifiers[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Warrington Wolves	7	7	0	0	288	138	+150	14	Promoted to Super League XXIII
2	Widnes Vikings	7	5	0	2	188	96	+92	10
3	Hull Kingston Rovers	7	5	0	2	166	158	+8	10
4	Leigh Centurions	7	4	0	3	203	104	+99	8	Million Pound Game
5	Catalans Dragons	7	4	0	3	130	143	−13	8	Million Pound Game
6	London Broncos	7	1	1	5	174	220	−46	3	Relegated to 2018 Championship
7	Featherstone Rovers	7	1	1	5	100	272	−172	3
8	Halifax	7	0	0	7	82	210	−128	0

Source: [2]

^[2]

2017 fixtures and results[]

2017 RFL Championship

2017 Transfers[]

Gains

Gains
Player	Previous club	Years signed	Date Announced
Tom Spencer	Leigh Centurions	2 Years	July 2016
Dalton Grant	Dewsbury Rams	2 Years	July 2016
Adrian Purtell	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	August 2016
Jay Pitts	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	August 2016
Michael Channing	Featherstone Rovers	2 Years	September 2016^[3]
Ben Evans	Warrington Wolves	1 Year	October 2016
Jarrod Sammut	Workington Town	2 Years	October 2016
Matty Gee	Salford Red Devils	1 Year	November 2016
Kieran Dixon	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 Years	November 2016
Junior Roqica	Cronulla Sharks	1 Year	November 2016
Lewis Foster	Leigh Centurions	loan	March 2017
John Boudebza	Lézignan Sangliers	end of 2017	July 2017
Sam Wilde	Warrington Wolves	loan	July 2017

Losses

Losses
Player	Signed for	Contract	Date Announced
Jon Magrin	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	August 2016
Iliess Macani	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	August 2016
Alex Foster	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	August 2016
Jack Bussey	Toronto Wolfpack	1 Year	September 2016^[4]
Wes Naiqama	Retirement	N/A	September 2016
Ben Gray	Released	N/A	September 2016
Scott Leatherbarrow	Oldham R.L.F.C.	2 Years	September 2016
Jamie Soward	Australia	N/A	September 2016
Tuoyo Egodo	Castleford Tigers	2 Years	October 2016
Toby Everett	Toronto Wolfpack	1 Year Loan	October 2016^[5]
Israel Eliab	PNG Hunters	2 Years	November 2016
Jamie Thackray	Doncaster	1 Year	November 2016^[6]
Alex Mammone	Halifax	1 Year	February 2017
Will Lovell	Released		February 2017
Lewis Foster	Rochdale Hornets	end of loan	June 2017
Toby Everett	Dewsbury Rams		June 2017

^[7]

References[]

^ Second Division 2017
^ Super 8's - Qualifiers 2017
^ "Channing leaves Featherstone to go 'back home'". Pontefract and Castleford Express. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^ "Toronto sign London forward Bussey". Total Rugby League. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^ "Rugby League: Wolfpack add young cub Everett on loan". Morning Star. 4 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^ "Dons sign former Great Britain prop Jamie Thackray". Doncaster Free Press. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ Gains & Losses

[table_note_BRA0.95867749767316-1] Bradford Bulls deducted 12 points on 3 January 2017 for entering administration.

[2] Second Division 2017

[3] Super 8's - Qualifiers 2017

[4] "Channing leaves Featherstone to go 'back home'". Pontefract and Castleford Express. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

[5] "Toronto sign London forward Bussey". Total Rugby League. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

[6] "Rugby League: Wolfpack add young cub Everett on loan". Morning Star. 4 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

[7] "Dons sign former Great Britain prop Jamie Thackray". Doncaster Free Press. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[8] Gains & Losses

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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)