2016 London Broncos season

2016 London Broncos season
2016 Championship Rank	2nd
Play-off result	6th in Qualifiers
Challenge Cup	Fourth Round
2016 record	Wins: 20; draws: 0; losses: 11
Points scored	For: 949; against: 704
Team information
Chairman	David Hughes
Head Coach	Andrew Henderson
Captain	Wes Naiqama
Stadium	Trailfinders Sports Ground
Top scorers
Tries	Rhys Williams - 29
Goals	Wes Naiqama - 49
Points	Rhys Williams - 116
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The 2016 London Broncos season was the thirty-seventh in the club's history and their second consecutive season out of the Super League. Competing in the 2016 Kingstone Press Championship, the club was coached by Andrew Henderson, finishing in 2nd place and reaching the Fourth Round of the 2016 Challenge Cup. They failed to achieve promotion after finishing 6th place in the 2016 Super League Qualifiers.

It was their first season at the Ealing Trailfinders Sports Ground. They exited the Challenge Cup with a defeat by Featherstone Rovers.

2016 squad

London Broncos 2016 squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Ben Hellewell – CE, FB 2 Rhys Williams – WG 3 Nathan Stapleton – CE, FB 4 Wes Naiqama (c) – CE 5 Iliess Macani – WG, FB 6 Israel Eliab – SO, CE 7 William Barthau – SH, SO 8 Nick Slyney (vc) – PR, LF 9 James Cunningham – HK 10 Eddie Battye – PR 11 Daniel Harrison – SR 12 Matt Garside – SR, CE 13 Rhys Lovegrove – LF, SR		14 Andy Ackers – HK 15 Jack Bussey – LF, SO, SR 16 Mark Ioane – PR, SR 17 Mark Offerdahl – PR, LF 18 Jamie Thackray – PR 19 Joe Keyes – SH, SO 20 Scott Leatherbarrow – SH, SO 21 Alex Foster – SR, LF 22 Matt Davis – SR, LF 23 Jon Magrin – PR 24 Alex Walker – FB 25 Toby Everett – PR, SR 26 Api Pewhairangi – SO, HK		27 Ben Pointer – HK 28 Ben Gray – PR, SR 29 Sadiq Adebiyi – PR, LF 30 Callum Bustin – CE, SR 32 Elliot Kear – FB, CE, WG 33 Jamie Soward – SO, SH 34 Lewis Bienek – PR				Head coach Andrew Henderson Assistant coaches Jamie Langley Danny Ward Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Injured Updated: 2016 Source(s): London Broncos squad 2016

2016 tables

Regular season

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	For	Agst	Diff	Points	Qualification
1	Leigh Centurions (C)	23	21	1	1	881	410	471	43	The Qualifiers
2	London Broncos (Q)	23	17	0	6	702	444	258	34
3	Batley Bulldogs (Q)	23	15	1	7	589	485	104	31
4	Featherstone Rovers (Q)	23	15	0	8	595	384	211	30
5	Bradford Bulls (F)	23	13	2	8	717	446	271	28	Championship Shield
6	Halifax (F)	23	13	1	9	615	484	131	27
7	Sheffield Eagles (F)	23	8	0	15	583	617	-34	16
8	Dewsbury Rams (F)	23	8	0	15	486	603	-117	16
9	Swinton Lions (F)	23	7	1	15	449	813	-364	15
10	Oldham R.L.F.C. (F)	23	7	0	16	401	678	-277	14
11	Workington Town (F)	23	5	1	17	455	756	-301	11
12	Whitehaven (F)	23	5	1	17	367	720	-335	11

C = Champions

Q = Qualified for the qualifiers

F = Unable to qualify for the qualifiers

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos	7	6	0	1	239	94	+145	12	2017 Super League
2	Leigh Centurions (P)	7	6	0	1	223	193	+30	12
3	Huddersfield Giants	7	5	0	2	257	166	+91	10
4	Hull Kingston Rovers (R)	7	4	0	3	235	142	+93	8	Million Pound Game
5	Salford Red Devils	7	3	0	4	208	152	+56	6
6	London Broncos	7	3	0	4	221	212	+9	6	2017 Championship
7	Batley Bulldogs	7	1	0	6	111	318	−207	2
8	Featherstone Rovers	7	0	0	7	96	313	−217	0

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Squad statistics

Squad Number	Name	International country	Position	Previous club	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points	Notes
1	Ben Hellewell		Centre	Featherstone Rovers	29	14	0	0	56
2	Rhys Williams		Wing	Central Queensland Capras	31	31	-	-	124
3	Nathan Stapleton		Centre	Sydney Roosters	2	0	0	0	0
4	Wes Naiqama		Centre	Penrith Panthers	13	4	49	0	114
5	Iliess Macani		Wing	London Broncos Academy	22	9	0	0	36
6	Israel Eliab		Stand-off	PNG Hunters	8	3	0	0	12
7	William Barthau		Scrum-half	Catalans Dragons	18	12	5	1	59
8	Nick Slyney		Prop	Brisbane Broncos	30	7	0	0	28
9	James Cunningham		Hooker	Hull F.C.	26	10	0	0	40
10	Eddie Battye		Prop	Sheffield Eagles	29	4	0	0	16
11	Daniel Harrison		Second-row	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	30	6	0	0	24
12	Matt Garside		Second-row	Sheffield Eagles	29	10	0	0	40
13	Rhys Lovegrove		Loose forward	Hull Kingston Rovers	0	0	0	0	0
14	Andy Ackers		Hooker	Swinton Lions	28	8	0	0	32
15	Jack Bussey		Loose forward	Featherstone Rovers	28	4	2	0	20
16	Mark Ioane		Prop	St. George Illawarra Dragons	30	7	0	0	28
17	Mark Offerdahl		Prop	Connecticut Wildcats	22	5	0	0	20
18	Jamie Thackray		Prop	Hullensians RU	19	1	0	0	4
19	Joe Keyes		Scrum-half	London Broncos Academy	4	1	0	0	4
20	Scott Leatherbarrow		Scrum-half	Keighley Cougars	17	2	10	1	29
21	Alex Foster		Loose forward	Leeds Rhinos	20	11	0	0	44
22	Matt Davis		Loose forward	London Broncos Academy	8	0	0	0	0
23	Jonathan Magrin		Prop	London Broncos Academy	17	0	0	0	0
24	Alex Walker		Fullback	London Broncos Academy	14	3	0	0	12
25	Toby Everett		Prop	London Broncos Academy	1	0	0	0	0
26	Api Pewhairangi		Stand-off	Parramatta Eels	12	9	23	0	82
27	Ben Pointer		Hooker	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	0
28	Ben Gray		Prop	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	0
29	Sadiq Adebiyi		Second-row	London Broncos Academy	1	1	0	0	4
30	Callum Bustin		Centre	London Broncos Academy	1	0	0	0	0
32	Elliot Kear		Fullback, Wing, Centre	Bradford Bulls	27	10	0	0	40
33	Jamie Soward		Stand-off	Penrith Panthers	8	3	34	1	81
34	Lewis Bienek		Prop	London Broncos Academy	1	0	0	0	0
35	Kameron Pearce-Paul		Centre	London Broncos Academy	2	0	0	0	0

External links

• Championship 2016