2013 London Broncos season

2013 London Broncos season
2013 London Broncos season
Super League XVIII Rank	13th
Challenge Cup	Semi-final
2013 record	Wins: 8; draws: 2; losses: 21
Points scored	For: 565; against: 1054
Team information
Chairman	David Hughes
Head Coach	Tony Rea
Captain	Craig Gower; Tony Clubb;
Stadium	Twickenham Stoop
Avg. attendance	2,380
High attendance	6,274
Top scorers
Tries	Kieran Dixon - 21
Goals	Michael Witt - 52
Points	Michael Witt - 130
Home colours	Away colours

The 2013 London Broncos season was the thirty-fourth in the club's history and their eighteenth season in the Super League. Competing in Super League XVIII, the club was coached by Tony Rea, finishing in 13th place and reaching the Semi-finals of the 2013 Challenge Cup.

It was the 18th season of the Super League era and their second since returning to the London Broncos name. They came within one match of the Challenge Cup final but finished the Super League season in second to last place.

2013 milestones

In August 2012 Tony Rea was named the Bronco's coach for the 2013 season, after serving in a caretaker capacity in the second half of the 2012 season.^[1]

Squad

2013 London Broncos Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Luke Dorn (vc) – FB 2 Liam Colbon – WG 3 Jamie O'Callaghan – CE 4 David Howell – CE 5 Michael Robertson – WG 6 Michael Witt – SO 7 Craig Gower (c) – SH 8 Antonio Kaufusi – PR 9 Chad Randall – SH, HK 10 Mark Bryant – PR 11 Shane Rodney – SR 12 Chris Bailey – SR, LF 13 Tony Clubb – LF, CE		16 Chris Melling – CE 18 Olsi Krasniqi – PR 19 Dan Sarginson – SO, CE 20 Matt Cook – SR 21 Kieran Dixon – FB 22 Ben Bolger – PR 23 Omari Caro – WG TBC Shane Grady – CE		27 Sam Bolger – LF 28 Michael Channing – CE 29 Erjon Dollapi – PR 30 Scott Wheeldon – PR 31 Will Lovell – CE				Head coach Tony Rea Assistant coach Latham Tawhai Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Super League XVIII table

Super League XVIII
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Huddersfield Giants (L)	27	21	0	6	851	507	+344	42	Play-offs
2	Warrington Wolves	27	20	1	6	836	461	+375	41
3	Leeds Rhinos	27	18	1	8	712	507	+205	37
4	Wigan Warriors (C)	27	17	1	9	816	460	+356	35
5	St. Helens	27	15	1	11	678	536	+142	31
6	Hull F.C.	27	13	2	12	652	563	+89	28
7	Catalans Dragons	27	13	2	12	619	604	+15	28
8	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	13	0	14	642	760	−118	26
9	Bradford Bulls	27	10	2	15	640	658	−18	22
10	Widnes Vikings	27	10	2	15	695	841	−146	22
11	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	10	1	16	660	749	−89	21
12	Castleford Tigers	27	9	2	16	702	881	−179	20
13	London Broncos	27	5	2	20	487	946	−459	12
14	Salford City Reds	27	6	1	20	436	953	−517	11^[a]

Source: superleague.co.uk and BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:

^ Salford deducted 2 points on 14 June 2013 for fielding 14 players during home game against Castleford^[2]

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2013 fixtures and results

Super League XVIII

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	Venue
3 February 2013	Super League XVIII	1	Widnes Vikings	Twickenham Stoop
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	2	Giants	Galpharm Stadium
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	3	Salford City Reds	Twickenham Stoop
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	4	Warrington Wolves	Halliwell Jones Stadium
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	5	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Rapid Solicitors Stadium
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	6	Bradford Bulls	Twickenham Stoop
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	7	Leeds Rhinos	Headingley Carnegie Stadium
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	8	Castleford Tigers	Twickenham Stoop
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	9	Catalans Dragons	Stade Gilbert Brutus
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	10	Huddersfield Giants	Twickenham Stoop
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	11	Hull KR	MS3 Craven Park
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	12	Wigan Warriors	Twickenham Stoop
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	13	Widnes Vikings	Stobart Stadium
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	14	St Helens	Langtree Park
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	15	Hull FC	Twickenham Stoop
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	16	Salford City Reds	City of Salford Stadium
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	17	Warrington Wolves	Twickenham Stoop
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	18	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Twickenham Stoop
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	19	Bradford Bulls	Grattan Stadium
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	20	Leeds Rhinos	Twickenham Stoop
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	21	Castleford Tigers	Probiz Coliseum
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	22	Catalans Dragons	Twickenham Stoop
0/0/13	Super League XVIII	23	Huddersfield Giants	Galpharm Stadium
31 August 2013	Super League XVIII	24	Hull KR	Twickenham Stoop
7 September 2013	Super League XVIII	25	Wigan Warriors	DW Stadium

2013 transfers in/out

In

Name	Position	Signed from	Date
Shane Grady	Centre	Thirroul Butchers	July 2012
Tommy Lee	Hooker	Huddersfield Giants	September 2012

^[4]

Out

Name	Position	Club Signed	Date
Karl Temata	Prop	Limoux Grizzlies	September 2012
Lamont Bryan	Centre	Featherstone Rovers	September 2012
Rob Thomas	Prop	Released	September 2012
Jason Golden	Second Row	York City Knights	September 2012
Julien Rinaldi	Hooker	Retirement	September 2012

^[5]

References

^ Tony Rea named permanent London coach Archived 1 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 21 August 2012
^ "Salford City Reds deducted two points for fielding 14 players". BBC Sport. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^ Super League XVIII 2013
^ Gains & Losses
^ Gains & Losses

[table_hth_SAL0.4710118805389-3] Salford deducted 2 points on 14 June 2013 for fielding 14 players during home game against Castleford^[2]

[1] Tony Rea named permanent London coach Archived 1 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 21 August 2012

[2] "Salford City Reds deducted two points for fielding 14 players". BBC Sport. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

[4] Super League XVIII 2013

[5] Gains & Losses

[6] Gains & Losses

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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
LBSA Women's Player of the Year	2022 Treco 2023 Treco 2024 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