19 Facts About London Broncos

London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in London, England.

Club played several one-off games in 1983 at various football grounds around London Broncos; matches were played at Wealdstone's Lower Mead stadium, Hendon's Claremont Road ground, Brentford's Griffin Park and Chelsea's Stamford Bridge.

The London Broncos moved , to play their home matches at Griffin Park as tenants of Brentford FC.

In 2013, London Broncos used four venues for their home games with the majority being played at the Twickenham Stoop.

London Broncos had a successful Challenge Cup campaign in 2013, reaching the semi-finals for the first time since their Wembley appearance in 1999.

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On 29 June 2013, London Broncos announced the loan signing of Australian Jamie Soward until the end of the season.

On 3 December 2013, London Broncos announced, "The club will be instructing lawyers to file a further notice of intention to appoint administrators at court, which shall be effective for 10 business days".

On 13 December 2013, London Broncos announced a move to the Hive Stadium in Canons Park, the new home of Barnet F C, from the start of the 2014 season.

The London Broncos managed to retain twelve players from 2013 and in the off season signed 16 players including Tongan international fullback Nesiasi Mataitonga and former England international hooker Scott Moore.

In 2016, London Broncos moved to Ealing having signed a three-year deal to play at the Trailfinders Sports Ground, home of rugby union side Ealing Trailfinders.

London Broncos finished 2nd in the Championship heading into the Qualifiers for a place in the Super League.

In 2017 the London Broncos again finished second and reached the qualifiers for a second consecutive year.

However the last two games were both hammerings whilst London Broncos blew the lead against Featherstone to draw on the hooter and only actually beat Halifax.

The London Broncos finished second in the regular season and commenced their Super 8s – Qualifiers campaign with a one-point win over the Widnes Vikings in which Jarrod Sammut kicked a vital 79th minute drop goal to secure the victory.

However, in spite of handing table leaders St Helens two of their three losses in the 2019 season, and several other notable wins against stronger opponents, London Broncos were relegated after only one season back in the top flight, after losing their final game of the season to Wakefield.

London Broncos wore red, yellow and blue in a variety of styles, with red being the predominant colour for the last 5 years of their existence.

In 2015, the London Broncos reverted to their original Fulham colours, much to the approval of long-term fans, with their home kit being predominantly black with a broad white chevron and a red strip bordering the chevron.

The first badge as London Broncos was a red and white crest with a horse's head on the front with London inscripted on the top.

In 2012, the club reverted to the name London Broncos and created a new crest, based on the original Broncos badge but featuring a horse's head in a modern stylised fashion, depicted in silver and blue.