2017 London Broncos season | ||||
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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 | David Hughes | |||
Head Coach | Andrew Henderson | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Trailfinders Sports Ground | |||
Avg. attendance | 860 | |||
High attendance | 1476 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Jarrod Sammut - 26 | |||
Goals | Jarrod Sammut - 84 | |||
Points | Jarrod Sammut - 272 | |||
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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.
First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Updated: 7 July 2017 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Warrington Wolves | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 138 | +150 | 14 | Super League XXIII |
2 | Widnes Vikings | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 188 | 96 | +92 | 10 | |
3 | Hull Kingston Rovers (P) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 158 | +8 | 10 | |
4 | Leigh Centurions (R) | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 203 | 104 | +99 | 8 | Million Pound Game |
5 | Catalans Dragons | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 143 | −13 | 8 | |
6 | London Broncos | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 174 | 220 | −46 | 3 | 2018 Championship |
7 | Featherstone Rovers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 100 | 272 | −172 | 3 | |
8 | Halifax | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 82 | 210 | −128 | 0 |
Gains
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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 | ||||||||||
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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 |