# 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Featherstone Rovers | 27 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1079 | 295 | +784 | 50 | League Leaders Shield and qualify for semi-finals |
| 2 | Toulouse Olympique | 27 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 834 | 385 | +449 | 38 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Bradford Bulls | 27 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 677 | 572 | +105 | 33 | Eliminators |
| 4 | Sheffield Eagles | 27 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 780 | 560 | +220 | 32 | Eliminators |
| 5 | London Broncos | 27 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 600 | 552 | +48 | 32 | Eliminators |
| 6 | York Knights | 27 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 557 | 557 | 0 | 30 | Eliminators |
| 7 | Batley Bulldogs | 27 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 506 | 519 | −13 | 30 | |
| 8 | Halifax Panthers | 27 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 690 | 572 | +118 | 29 | |
| 9 | Widnes Vikings | 27 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 619 | 654 | −35 | 26 | |
| 10 | Swinton Lions | 27 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 426 | 739 | −313 | 18 | |
| 11 | Barrow Raiders | 27 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 471 | 672 | −201 | 17 | |
| 12 | Whitehaven | 27 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 481 | 809 | −328 | 16 | |
| 13 | Keighley Cougars | 27 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 506 | 837 | −331 | 16 | Relegation to League One |
| 14 | Newcastle Thunder | 27 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 415 | 918 | −503 | 11 | Relegation to League One |

## Fixtures and Results

W Win D Draw L Loss

### Pre-season

| Date | Time | Competition | Vrs | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Att | Live on TV | Report |
| 20 January | 14:00 | Friendly | London Skolars | A | Artillery Ground | W | 58-18 | | | | | RFL |

### Betfred Championship

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

### Play-offs

| Date | Time | Competition | Vrs | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Report |
| 1 October | 15:00 | Eliminators | Sheffield Eagles | A | Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium | W | 42-0 | | | RFL |
| 8 October | 18:00 | Semi-final | Featherstone Rovers | A | Post Office Road | W | 36-26 | Walker (2), Whare, Macani, Grant, Raiwalui | Norman (6) | RFL |
| 15 October | 15:00 | Grand Final | Toulouse Olympique | A | Stade Ernest-Wallon | W | 18-14 | Whare, Walker, Macani (2) | Norman | RFL, BBC |

#### Team bracket

| Eliminators | Eliminators | Eliminators | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| | | | 1 | Featherstone Rovers | 26 | | | |
| 4 | Sheffield Eagles | 0 | 5 | London Broncos | 36 | | | |
| 5 | London Broncos | 42 | | | | 2 | Toulouse Olympique | 14 |
| | | | | | | 5 | London Broncos | 18 |
| | | | 2 | Toulouse Olympique | 38 | | | |
| 3 | Bradford Bulls | 22 | 3 | Bradford Bulls | 20 | | | |
| 6 | York Knights | 8 | | | | | | |
    Sources:Bradford v York, Toulouse v Bradford

### Challenge Cup

W Win L Loss
Challenge Cup results :
| Date | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |

### 1895 Cup

W Win L Loss
1895 Cup results :
| Date | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |

## Transfers
### In

| Name | Position | Signed from | Date | Notes |
| Sam Davis | Hooker | York Knights | September 2022 | |
| Jarred Bassett | Fullback | London Skolars | October 2022 | |
| Marcus Stock | Second-row | York Knights | October 2022 | |
| Jensen Monk | Prop | London Broncos Academy | October 2022 | |
| Henry Raiwalui | Scrum-half | Wentworthville Magpies | November 2022 | |
| Ethan Natoli | Second-row | Newtown Jets | November 2022 | |
| Emmanuel Waine | Second-row | Papua New Guinea Hunters | February 2023 | |
| Ramon Silva | Prop | Wigan Warriors | February 2023 | one-month loan |
| Zach Eckersley | Centre | Wigan Warriors | February 2023 | one-month loan |
| Harvie Hill | Prop | Wigan Warriors | February 2023 | one-month loan |

### Out

| Name | Position | Signed for | Date | Notes |
| Jude Ferreira | Centre | Hull FC | September 2022 | End of Loan |
| Brock Pelligra | Scrum-half | Toulouse Olympique | September 2022 | |
| Brad Foster | Loose forward | Bradford Bulls | September 2022 |
| Calum Gahan | Hooker | Toulouse Olympique | November 2022 | |
| Rob Tuliatu | Prop | Newcastle Thunder | November 2022 | |

## Statistics

| Squad Number | Name | Position | Age | Previous club | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Drop Goals | Points | Notes |
| 1 | Alex Walker | Fullback | - | Halifax Panthers | 33 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 80 | |
| 2 | Paul Ulberg | Wing | - | Norths Devils | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
| 3 | Jarred Bassett | Centre | - | London Skolars | 32 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |
| 4 | Dalton Grant | Centre | - | London Skolars | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| 5 | Iliess Macani | Wing | - | London Skolars | 30 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| 6 | Oli Leyland | Stand-off | - | London Broncos Academy | 32 | 8 | 78 | 0 | 188 | |
| 7 | Rian Horsman | Scrum-half | - | London Broncos Academy | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 8 | Wellington Albert | Prop | - | Keighley Cougars | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| 9 | Sam Davis | Hooker | - | York Knights | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Jordan Williams | Prop | - | London Skolars | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| 11 | Will Lovell | Second-row | - | London Skolars | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 12 | Marcus Stock | Second-row | - | York Knights | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| 13 | Dean Parata | Hooker | - | Featherstone Rovers | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| 14 | Bill Leyland | Hooker | - | London Broncos Academy | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
| 15 | Lewis Bienek | Prop | - | Castleford Tigers | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 16 | Ethan Natoli | Second-row | - | Newtown Jets | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 17 | Henry Raiwalui | Scrum-half | - | Wentworthville Magpies | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| 18 | Emmanuel Waine | Second-row | - | PNG Hunters | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 19 | Dean Whare | Centre | - | Pia Donkeys | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
| 20 | Corey Norman | Stand-off | - | FC Lézignan | 15 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 76 | |
| 22 | Max Allen | Second-row | - | London Broncos Academy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Dan Hoyes | Centre | - | London Broncos Academy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Jensen Monk | Prop | - | London Broncos Academy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Jack Howorth | Prop | - | London Broncos Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Euan Parke | Prop | - | London Broncos Academy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Ramon Silva | Prop | - | Wigan Warriors | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Loan |
| 28 | Harvie Hill | Prop | - | Wigan Warriors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 29 | Zach Eckersley | Centre | - | Wigan Warriors | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Loan |
| 30 | Abbas Miski | Wing | - | Wigan Warriors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Loan |
| 32 | Jacob Jones | Second-row | - | Leigh Leopards | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 33 | Rob Butler | Prop | - | Wakefield Trinity | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 34 | Matt Davies | Hooker | - | Northern Pride | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Kyle Evans | Wing | - | Featherstone Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 36 | Jacob Gannon | Second-row | - | Leigh Leopards | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Loan |
| 37 | Harvey Makin | Prop | - | Wigan Warriors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 38 | Kieran Tyrer | Centre | - | Wigan Warriors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 39 | Harry Stevens | Centre | - | London Broncos Academy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| -- | Samuel Dore | Prop | - | London Broncos Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |