2025 London Broncos season

2025 London Broncos season
2025 London Broncos season
2025 RFL Championship Rank	10th
Play-off result	Did not qualify
Challenge Cup	2nd round
RFL 1895 Cup	Quarter-final
2025 record	Wins: 9; draws: 0; losses: 18
Points scored	For: 510; against: 615
Team information
Chairman	Gary Hetherington
Head Coach	Mike Eccles
Captain	Will Lovell;
Stadium	Plough Lane
Avg. attendance	800
High attendance	800
Top scorers
Tries	Liam Tindall (17)
Goals	Jack Smith (49)
Points	Jack Smith (118)

2025 RFL Championship Rank10th

Play-off resultDid not qualify

Challenge Cup2nd round

RFL 1895 CupQuarter-final

The 2025 London Broncos season was the 46th year in the club's history, their first season back in RFL Championship after a single season back in the Super League. It was their fourth season at Plough Lane as tenants of AFC Wimbledon. They were coached by Director of Rugby Mike Eccles. The Broncos competed in the 2025 RFL Championship, 2025 Challenge Cup and the 2025 RFL 1895 Cup.

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Round	Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
1	Bradford Bulls	20–6	London Broncos	16 February 2025, 15:00	Odsal Stadium	W. Turley	2,698
2	London Broncos	14–12	Featherstone Rovers	23 February 2025, 15:00	Plough Lane	M. Lynn	800
3	BYE
4	Oldham	50–6	London Broncos	23 March 2025, 15:00	Boundary Park	S. Mikalauskas	1,567^[2]
5	London Broncos	26–6	Hunslet	29 March 2025, 17:00	Plough Lane	K. Moore
6	London Broncos	14–16	Batley Bulldogs	12 April 2025, 17:00	Plough Lane	R. Cox
7	Barrow Raiders	24–6	London Broncos	18 April 2025, 15:00	Craven Park	T. Jones	1,754
8	Halifax Panthers	40–12	London Broncos	27 April 2025, 15:00	The Shay	D. Arnold	1,783
9	London Broncos	6–36	York Knights	3 May 2025, 17:00	Plough Lane	A. Belafonte
10	London Broncos	20–22	Sheffield Eagles	11 May 2025, 15:00	The Rock^[a]	R. Cox	850
11	Doncaster	30–12	London Broncos	25 May 2025, 15:00	Eco-Power Stadium	R. Cox	1,177
12	London Broncos	10–12	Widnes Vikings	31 May 2025, 17:00	Plough Lane	A. Belafonte
13	Toulouse Olympique	24–16	London Broncos	15 June 2025, 14:00	Stade Ernest-Wallon	M. Lynn	4,136
14	BYE
15	Hunslet	6–72	London Broncos	29 June 2025, 15:00	South Leeds Stadium	L. Bland	849
16	London Broncos	20–14	Halifax Panthers	5 July 2025, 15:00	Stonebridge Road, Ebbsfleet^[b]	A. Belafonte
17	London Broncos	18–38	Doncaster	12 July 2025, 17:00	Stonebridge Road, Ebbsfleet^[b]	T. Jones
18	Sheffield Eagles	6–48	London Broncos	20 July 2025, 15:00	Steel City Stadium	M. Lynn
19	Featherstone Rovers	36–18	London Broncos	27 July 2025, 15:00	Post Office Road	R. Cox
20	London Broncos	18–10	Barrow Raiders	3 August 2025, 15:00	Plough Lane	M. Griffiths
21	London Broncos	18–24	Toulouse Olympique	10 August 2025, 13:00	Plough Lane	J. Vella
22	York Knights	42–16	London Broncos	17 August 2025, 15:00	York Community Stadium	K. Moore
23	London Broncos	18–20	Oldham	24 August 2025, 15:00	Plough Lane	T. Jones
24	Batley Bulldogs	16–30	London Broncos	30 August 2025, 15:00	Mount Pleasant	A. Belafonte	1,160
25	London Broncos	24–34	Bradford Bulls	6 September 2025, 16:00	Plough Lane	M. Griffiths
26	Widnes Vikings	10–20	London Broncos	14 September 2025, 15:00	Halton Stadium	T. Jones	2,529

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	York Knights (L, Y)	24	20	0	4	764	299	+465	40	Semi-finals
2	Toulouse Olympique (C)	24	19	0	5	651	314	+337	38	Semi-finals
3	Bradford Bulls	24	18	0	6	678	366	+312	36	Eliminators
4	Oldham	24	15	2	7	602	450	+152	32
5	Halifax Panthers	24	14	1	9	594	424	+170	29
6	Featherstone Rovers	24	14	0	10	640	461	+179	28
7	Widnes Vikings	24	11	2	11	454	475	−21	24
8	Doncaster	24	11	0	13	528	533	−5	22
9	Barrow Raiders	24	10	1	13	525	559	−34	21
10	London Broncos	24	8	0	16	468	548	−80	16
11	Sheffield Eagles	24	6	0	18	381	689	−308	12
12	Batley Bulldogs	24	4	2	18	386	751	−365	10
13	Hunslet	24	2	0	22	256	1058	−802	4

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
1 March; 15:00	Round 1	Dewsbury Rams	H	New River Stadium	W	26–16					^[6]^[7]
6 April; 15:00	Quarter Final	Featherstone Rovers	A	Post Office Road	L	34–6					^[8]^[9]

Squad Number	Name	Position	Age	Previous club	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Points	Notes
1	Alex Walker	Fullback	-	Halifax Panthers	26	8	1	34
2	Christopher Hellec	Wing, Centre	-	Saint-Gaudens Bears	17	1	21	46
3	Ethan Natoli	Second-row, Centre	-	Pia	15	5	0	20
4	Brandon Webster-Mansfield	Centre	-	Villefranche	8	3	0	12
5	Liam Tindall	Wing	-	Hull FC	23	17	0	68
6	Luke Polselli	Stand-off, Fullback	-	Rochdale Mayfield	24	10	1	42
7	Connor O'Beirne	Scrum-half	-	Lézignan	18	4	1	18
8	Huw Worthington	Prop	-	Whitehaven	22	1	0	4
9	Curtis Davis	Hooker	-	Dewsbury Rams	27	0	0	0
10	Lewis Bienek	Prop	-	Castleford Tigers	20	7	0	28
11	Will Lovell	Second-row	-	London Skolars	25	1	0	4
12	Sadiq Adebiyi	Second-row, Prop	-	Keighley Cougars	23	5	0	20
13	Marcus Stock	Loose forward, Prop	-	York Knights	26	5	0	20
14	Kobe Rugless	Prop	-	Hunslet	5	0	0	0
15	Tom Whitehead	Second-row	-	Warrington Wolves	1	0	0	0	Loan
15	Daniel Okoro	Prop	-	Warrington Wolves	4	0	0	0	Loan
16	Kian McDermott	Prop	-	Wigan Warriors	9	0	0	0	Loan
17	Jensen Monk	Loose forward	-	London Broncos Academy	12	2	0	8
18	Ben Hursey-Hord	Loose forward	-	Halifax Panthers	19	2	0	8
19	Lukas Mason	Second-row	-	Wigan Warriors	10	0	0	0	Loan
20	Aaron Small	Centre	-	Cornwall	16	2	0	8
21	Chris Ball	Centre, Second-row	-	Hammersmith Hills Hoists	7	0	0	0
22	Matt Ross	Loose forward, Prop	-	Cornwall	18	0	0	0
23	Sam Winney	Prop	-	London Broncos Academy	3	0	0	0
24	Jake Thewlis	Wing	-	Warrington Wolves	4	0	0	0	Loan
25	Zac Bardsley-Rowe	Centre	-	Warrington Wolves	1	0	0	0	Loan
26	Jack Ryan	Stand-off, Scrum-half	-	Hammersmith Hills Hoists	2	0	0	0
26	Charlie Robson	Wing	-	Hull FC	2	1	0	4
27	Taylor Kerr	Loose forward	-	Wigan Warriors	7	1	0	4	Loan
27	Lennie Ellis	Scrum-half	-	Hull Kingston Rovers	2	0	0	0	Loan
28	Jenson Binks	Scrum-half	-	London Broncos Academy	10	0	0	0
29	Alfie Johnson	Wing	-	Warrington Wolves	1	0	0	0	Loan
30	Ted Davidson	Centre	-	London Broncos Academy	3	0	0	0
31	Sam Davis	Hooker	-	Salford Red Devils	1	0	0	0	Loan
31	Marcus Qareqare	Wing	-	Leeds Rhinos	1	0	0	0	Loan
32	Jamie Hewson	Centre	-	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0
32	Max Wood	Prop	-	Warrington Wolves	1	0	0	0	Loan
33	Louix Gorman	Centre	-	Hull Kingston Rovers	8	5	1	22	Loan
33	Jack Smith	Wing, Centre	-	Leeds Rhinos	14	5	49	118	Loan
34	Emmanuel Waine	Second-row	-	Bradford Bulls	2	0	0	0	Loan
34	Jack Farrimond	Scrum-half	-	Wigan Warriors	1	2	1	10	Loan
34	Connor Barley	Wing	-	Hull Kingston Rovers	3	1	0	4	Loan
34	Tommy Porter	Hooker	-	Swinton Lions	9	2	0	8
37	Kalum Rathbone	Hooker	-	Wigan Warriors	1	0	0	0	Loan
39	Joe Diskin	Hooker	-	Leeds Rhinos	1	0	0	0	Loan
42	Rob Oakley	Loose forward, Hooker	-	London Broncos Academy	1	0	0	0	End of drugs ban
--	Leighton Ball	Wing	-	London Skolars	1	0	0	0
--	Jerome Yates	Wing	-	London Skolars	1	0	0	0

No	Player	2 CC	1	2	1R 1985	4	5	QF 1895	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
1	Alex Walker	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	SO	SO	SH	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB	FB
2	Chris Hellec		WG	CE	CE	CE	CE	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG						SUB			SUB	FB	CE	CE
3	Ethan Natoli													SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	CE	CE	CE	CE	SR	CE	CE
4	Brandon Webster-Mansfield															CE	CE	CE	CE	CE	CE						CE	CE
5	Liam Tindall			WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG		SUB	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG		WG	WG	WG	WG
6	Luke Polselli	SUB	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB				SO	SO	SO	SO
7	Connor O'Beirne	SH	SH	SH	SH								SUB			SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH
8	Huw Worthington	PR	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	PR	PR	B	B	PR	SUB		PR	PR	PR	PR		SUB	SUB		SUB	SUB	SUB	PR	SUB
9	Curtis Davies	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK
10	Lewis Bienek	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR		SUB	PR	PR	PR						SUB	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR		SUB	PR	PR	PR
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
12	Sadiq Adebiyi	SR	SR	SR	SUB	SR		SR	SR	SR	SR	PR	PR	PR	PR		PR	PR	PR	PR	PR	SR	SR	SR	SR		SR
13	Marcus Stock		LF	LF	LF	PR	PR	PR	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF
14	Kobe Rugless																							PR	PR	PR	PR	SUB
15	Tom Whitehead						LF
15	Daniel Okoro																				SUB	PR	PR	PR
16	Kian McDermott	SUB	PR	PR	PR	SUB						PR	PR			PR			SUB
17	Jenson Monk	LF	SUB	SUB		SUB	SUB		SUB	SUB	SH			SUB												SUB	SUB	PR
18	Ben Hursey-Hord	SUB					SR		PR	PR	SUB		SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SR		SUB
19	Lukas Mason		SUB	SUB	SR	SUB		SUB				SR	SR			SUB										SR		SR
20	Aaron Small	CE	CE	CE	CE	CE	CE	CE	CE			CE	CE	CE	CE	CE		CE			CE	CE
21	Chris Ball	CE					SUB	CE	CE	CE	CE			SUB
22	Matt Ross	SUB	SUB				SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB			SUB			SUB	SUB			SUB
23	Sam Winney						SUB		SUB	SUB
24	Jake Thewlis		WG	WG	WG	WG
25	Zac Bardsley-Rowe		CE
26	Jack Ryan	SO			SUB
26	Charlie Robson																						WG	WG
27	Taylor Kerr			SUB	SUB	LF		LF					SUB				SUB		SUB
27	Lennie Ellis											SH			SH
28	Jenson Binks					SH	SH	SH	SH	SH		SUB		SH								SO	SO	SO
29	Alfie Johnson						WG
30	Ted Davidson										SUB															CE	SUB
31	Sam Davis							SUB
31	Marcus Qareqare																							WG
33	Jack Smith														WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	WG	CE	CE	WG	WG	WG	WG
32	Max Wood																								SUB
33	Louix Gorman									CE	CE	CE	CE		CE		CE		CE	CE
34	Emmanuel Waine										SUB	SUB
34	Jack Farrimond												SO
34	Connor Barley													CE	WG	WG
34	Tommy Porter																			SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB
37	Kalum Rathbone														SUB
39	Joe Diskin																	SUB
42	Rob Oakley																										x	SUB
x	Jerome Yates	WG
x	Leighton Ball	WG

2025 London Broncos season

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1895 Cup

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v t e London Broncos
Established 1980 in London, England
The Club	History Home grounds Records Honours International representative players Players Women's team
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 Men's Player of the Year	2014 Cook 2015 Naiqama 2016 Williams 2017 Sammut 2018 Battye 2019 Abdull 2021 Hankinson 2022 Parata 2023 Leyland 2024 Jones 2025 Polselli
LBSA Women's Player of the Year	2022 Treco 2023 Treco 2024 Kennedy 2025 Kennedy
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 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026