# 2012 London Broncos season

The 2012 London Broncos season was the thirty-third in the club's history, their seventeenth season in the Super League and their first re-branded back to the London Broncos. Competing in Super League XVII, the club was coached by Rob Powell until midseason when he was replaced by Tony Rea. They finished in 12th place and reaching the Quarter Finals of the 2012 Challenge Cup.
They were captained by Craig Gower, finishing Super League's regular season 12th out of 14 teams, thus failing to reach the play-offs for the 7th consecutive year.

## 2012 Squad

| Squad Number | Name | Position | Age | Previous club | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Drop Goals | Points |
| 1 | Luke Dorn | Fullback | 30 | Castleford Tigers | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| 2 | Liam Colbon | Wing | 27 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Jamie O'Callaghan | Centre | 21 | London Broncos Academy | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | David Howell | Centre | 28 | Canberra Raiders | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Michael Robertson | Wing | 29 | Manly Sea Eagles | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 6 | Michael Witt | Stand-off | 28 | Crusaders RL | 22 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 136 |
| 7 | Craig Gower | Scrum-half | 34 | Aviron Bayonnais RU | 29 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 70 |
| 8 | Antonio Kaufusi | Prop | 27 | Newcastle Knights | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Chad Randall | Hooker | 31 | Manly Sea Eagles | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Mark Bryant | Prop | 31 | Crusaders RL | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Shane Rodney | Second-row | 29 | Manly Sea Eagles | 15 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 40 |
| 12 | Chris Bailey | Second-row | 30 | Manly Sea Eagles | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 13 | Tony Clubb | Loose forward | 25 | London Broncos Academy | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Julien Rinaldi | Hooker | 33 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Karl Temata | Prop | 34 | New Zealand Warriors | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Chris Melling | Second-row | 27 | Wigan Warriors | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 | Jason Golden | Second-row | 26 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Olsi Krasniqi | Loose forward | 20 | London Broncos Academy | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | Dan Sarginson | Centre | 19 | London Broncos Academy | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 20 | Matt Cook | Second-row | 25 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 21 | Kieran Dixon | Wing | 20 | London Broncos Academy | 27 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 66 |
| 22 | Ben Bolger | Second-row | 22 | London Broncos Academy | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 23 | Omari Caro | Wing | 21 | London Broncos Academy | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 24 | Lamont Bryan | Second-row | 21 | London Broncos Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Rob Thomas | Prop | 21 | London Broncos Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Sam Bolger | Scrum-half | 20 | London Broncos Academy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Michael Channing | Centre | 20 | London Broncos Academy | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | Erjon Dollapi | Prop | 18 | London Broncos Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Scott Wheeldon | Prop | 26 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 31 | Will Lovell | Centre | 19 | London Broncos Academy | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 32 | Mike McMeeken | Second-row | 18 | London Broncos Academy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Super League XVII table

Super League XVII :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Wigan Warriors (L) | 27 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 994 | 449 | +545 | 42 | Play-offs |
| 2 | Warrington Wolves | 27 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 909 | 539 | +370 | 41 | Play-offs |
| 3 | St Helens | 27 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 795 | 480 | +315 | 36 | Play-offs |
| 4 | Catalans Dragons | 27 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 812 | 611 | +201 | 36 | Play-offs |
| 5 | Leeds Rhinos (C) | 27 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 823 | 662 | +161 | 32 | Play-offs |
| 6 | Hull F.C. | 27 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 696 | 621 | +75 | 32 | Play-offs |
| 7 | Huddersfield Giants | 27 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 699 | 664 | +35 | 28 | Play-offs |
| 8 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 27 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 633 | 764 | −131 | 26 | Play-offs |
| 9 | Bradford Bulls | 27 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 633 | 756 | −123 | 23 | |
| 10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 27 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 753 | 729 | +24 | 21 | |
| 11 | Salford City Reds | 27 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 618 | 844 | −226 | 17 | |
| 12 | London Broncos | 27 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 588 | 890 | −302 | 14 | |
| 13 | Castleford Tigers | 27 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 554 | 948 | −394 | 12 | |
| 14 | Widnes Vikings | 27 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 532 | 1082 | −550 | 12 | |
* ↑ Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points on 25 July 2012 for entering administration