2023 London Broncos season

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

Regular season table

Fixtures and Results

Pre-season DateTimeCompetitionVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttLive on TVReport 20 January 14:00 Friendly London Skolars A Artillery Ground 58-18 RFL

Betfred Championship DateTimeCompetitionVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttLive on TVReport 5 February 15:00 Round 1 Batley Bulldogs H Plough Lane 20-30 Grant, B. Leyland, Walker, Ulberg O. Leyland (2) 1849 Broncos 12 February 15:00 Round 2 Whitehaven A Recreation Ground 20-16 Ulberg (2), Davis, Bassett 750 BBC 19 February 15:00 Round 3 Halifax Panthers A The Shay 18-26 RFL 26 February 15:00 Round 4 Sheffield Eagles H Plough Lane 20-21 RFL 5 March 15:00 Round 5 Keighley Cougars A Cougar Park 22-33 RFL 18 March 15:00 Round 6 Newcastle Thunder A Kingston Park 36-6 RFL 26 March 15:00 Round 7 Swinton Lions H Plough Lane 16-14 RFL 7 April 15:00 Round 8 Toulouse Olympique A Stade Ernest-Wallon 0-52 RFL 16 April 15:00 Round 9 Featherstone Rovers H Plough Lane 10-40 RFL 7 May 15:00 Round 10 York Knights A York Community Stadium 28-30 RFL 13 May 14:00 Round 11 Barrow Raiders H Plough Lane 30-16 RFL 27 May 17:00 Round 12 Toulouse Olympique N York Community Stadium 14-10 RFL 4 June 15:00 Round 13 Widnes Vikings A Halton Stadium 26-18 RFL 11 June 15:00 Round 14 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium 16-32 RFL 18 June 15:00 Round 15 Featherstone Rovers A Post Office Road 6-50 RFL 25 June 15:00 Round 16 Batley Bulldogs A Fox's Biscuits Stadium 20-18 RFL 2 July 15:00 Round 17 Newcastle Thunder H Stonebridge Road 56-10 RFL 8 July 18:00 Round 18 Toulouse Olympique H Stonebridge Road 22-6 RFL 16 July 15:00 Round 19 Swinton Lions A Heywood Road 12-6 RFL 30 July 15:00 Round 20 York Knights H Plough Lane 10-24 RFL 6 August 15:00 Round 21 Barrow Raiders A Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness 26-6 RFL 20 August 15:00 Round 22 Halifax Panthers H Plough Lane 26-12 RFL 27 August 15:00 Round 23 Whitehaven H Plough Lane 34-18 RFL 3 September 15:00 Round 24 Sheffield Eagles A Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium 18-26 RFL10 September 15:00 Round 25 Widnes Vikings H Plough Lane 52-12 RFL 17 September 15:00 Round 26 Bradford Bulls H Plough Lane 10-12 RFL 24 September 15:00 Round 27 Keighley Cougars H Plough Lane 20-16 RFL

Play-offs DateTimeCompetitionVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttLive on TVReport 1 October 15:00 Eliminators Sheffield Eagles A Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium 42-0 RFL 8 October 18:00 Semi-final Featherstone Rovers A Post Office Road 36-26 Walker (2), Whare, Macani, Grant, Raiwalui Norman (6) RFL 15 October 15:00 Grand Final Toulouse Olympique A Stade Ernest-Wallon 18-14 Whare, Walker, Macani (2) Norman RFL, BBC

Team bracket

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Challenge Cup

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport+Challenge Cup results 11 March 3 Whitehaven A Recreation Ground 32–10 Bassett (3), B. Leyland, O. Leyland, Stock O. Leyland (4) 347 RLP 1 April 4 Doncaster H The Rock 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 36–16 Macani (2), Albert, Bassett, Bienik, B. Leyland, Stock O. Leyland (4) 353 RLP 21 May 6 York Knights A York Community Stadium 12–36 Bassett, Walker O. Leyland (2) 951 RLP

1895 Cup

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport+1895 Cup results 22 July Semi-final Halifax Panthers H The Rock 6–10 Stock O. Leyland 417 RLP

Transfers In CountryNamePositionSigned fromDateNotes Sam Davis York Knights September 2022 Jarred Bassett London Skolars October 2022 Marcus Stock York Knights October 2022 Jensen Monk London Broncos Academy October 2022 Henry Raiwalui Wentworthville Magpies November 2022 Ethan Natoli Newtown Jets November 2022 Emmanuel Waine Papua New Guinea Hunters February 2023 Ramon Silva Wigan Warriors February 2023 one-month loan Zach Eckersley Wigan Warriors February 2023 one-month loan Harvie Hill Wigan Warriors February 2023 one-month loan

Out CountryNamePositionSigned forDateNotes Jude Ferreira Hull FC September 2022 End of Loan Brock Pelligra Toulouse Olympique September 2022 Brad Foster Bradford Bulls September 2022 Calum Gahan Toulouse Olympique November 2022 Rob Tuliatu Newcastle Thunder November 2022

Statistics Squad NumberNameInternational countryPositionAgePrevious clubAppearancesTriesGoalsDrop GoalsPointsNotes 1 - Halifax Panthers 33 20 0 0 80 2 - Norths Devils 25 12 0 0 48 3 - London Skolars 32 17 0 0 68 4 - London Skolars 16 8 0 0 32 5 - London Skolars 30 21 0 0 84 6 - London Broncos Academy 32 8 78 0 188 7 - London Broncos Academy 8 2 0 0 8 8 - Keighley Cougars 26 4 0 0 16 9 - York Knights 29 0 0 0 0 10 - London Skolars 33 4 0 0 16 11 - London Skolars 31 3 0 0 12 12 - York Knights 33 5 0 0 20 13 - Featherstone Rovers 34 6 0 0 24 14 - London Broncos Academy 32 13 0 0 52 15 - Castleford Tigers 25 3 0 0 12 16 - Newtown Jets 32 3 0 0 12 17 - Wentworthville Magpies 23 5 0 0 20 18 - PNG Hunters 14 2 0 0 8 19 - Pia Donkeys 13 12 0 0 48 20 - FC Lézignan 15 1 36 0 76 22 - London Broncos Academy 2 0 0 0 0 23 - London Broncos Academy 7 0 0 0 0 24 - London Broncos Academy 3 0 0 0 0 25 - London Broncos Academy 0 0 0 0 0 26 - London Broncos Academy 5 0 0 0 0 27 - Wigan Warriors 11 1 0 0 4 Loan 28 - Wigan Warriors 4 0 0 0 0 Loan 29 - Wigan Warriors 4 1 0 0 4 Loan 30 - Wigan Warriors 1 1 0 0 4 Loan 32 - Leigh Leopards 4 0 0 0 0 Loan 33 - Wakefield Trinity 17 2 0 0 8 34 - Northern Pride 7 0 0 0 0 35 - Featherstone Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 Loan 36 - Leigh Leopards 6 1 0 0 4 Loan 37 - Wigan Warriors 1 0 0 0 0 Loan 38 - Wigan Warriors 1 0 0 0 0 Loan 39 - London Broncos Academy 1 0 0 0 0 -- - London Broncos Academy 0 0 0 0 0

Player appearances NoPlayer123453RCC674RCC895RCC10116RCC1213141516171819SF18952021222324252627ELIMSFGF 1 Alex Walker FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB 2 Paul Ulberg WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG 3 Jarred Bassett CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE FB CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE WG CE CE CE CE CE 4 Dalton Grant CE WG WG WG CE CE WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG 5 Iliess Macani WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG WG 6 Oli Leyland SO SO SO SO SO SH SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SUB SO SUB FB SO 7 Rian Horsman SH SUB SH SO SH SUB SUB SUB 8 Wellington Albert SUB SUB SUB PR B SUB SUB PR PR PR SUB PR SUB PR PR PR PR SUB SUB SUB SUB PR PR PR PR SUB 9 Sam Davis HK HK HK HK HK HK HK HK HK HK HK HK HK HK HK HK SUB SUB HK HK HK HK SUB HK HK HK HK HK HK 10 Jordan Williams PR PR SUB PR PR PR PR PR PR PR SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB PR PR SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 11 Will Lovell SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR 12 Marcus Stock SUB LF LF LF PR PR LF PR SUB LF LF SR PR LF PR SR LF PR B PR PR PR SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SR 13 Dean Parata LF SH SH SH LF LF SH LF LF SH HK LF LF SUB LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF 14 Bill Leyland SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB HK HK SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB HK HK SUB SUB SUB HK HK HK HK SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 15 Lewis Bienek PR PR PR SUB PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR SUB SUB SUB PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR 16 Ethan Natoli SR SR SR SR SR SR CE CE SR SR CE SR SR SR SR SR SR CE SR CE CE SR SUB SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR 17 Henry Raiwalui SUB SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH CE CE CE CE SO SO CE SO SO CE SO SO 18 Emmanuel Waine SUB SR SUB SR SUB CE CE CE SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 19 Dean Whare CE CE CE SUB CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE 20 Corey Norman SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH 22 Max Allen SUB SUB SUB 23 Daniel Hoyes CE SUB CE SUB CE SUB CE 24 Jenson Monk SUB SUB SUB SUB 26 Euan Parke SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 27 Ramon Silva SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 28 Harvie Hill SUB PR SUB SUB 29 Zach Eckersley CE CE CE CE 30 Abbas Miski WG 32 Jacob Jones SR SR SR SR 33 Rob Butler SUB SUB PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR 34 Matt Davies SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 35 Kyle Evans CE 36 Jacob Gannon SR SR SR SUB SR SR 37 Harvey Makin SUB 38 Kieran Tyrer SH 39 Harry Stevens CE

References

External links London Broncos website FIXTURES Championship 2023 - London Broncos London Broncos 2023