Season Preview: London Broncos
Head coach: Tony Rea
Last season: 13th
In:
Scott Moore (North Queensland)
Jordan Atkins (Gold Coast)
James Duckworth (Leeds)
Alex Foster (Leeds)
Ben Farrar (Unattached)
Tony Gigot (Cronulla)
James Greenwood (Wigan)
Nesiasi Mataitonga (Cronulla)
Thomas Minns (Leeds)
Jamie O’Callaghan (London Skolars)
Nick Slyney (Brisbane)
Denny Solomona (Melbourne)
Out:
Michael Robertson (Released)
Chris Melling (Retired)
Mark Bryant (Retired)
Shane Grady (Dewsbury)
David Howell (Retired)
Craig Gower (Newcastle)
Jamie Soward (Penrith)
Luke Dorn (Castleford)
Scott Wheeldon (Castleford)
Michael Channing (Castleford)
Tommy Lee (Salford)
Chris Bailey (Huddersfield)
Ben Fisher (Retired)
Tony Clubb (Wigan)
Liam Colbon (Released)
Dan Sarginson (Wigan)
Antonio Kaufusi (Huddersfield)
Alex Hurst (Released)
Shane Rodney (Released)
Michael Witt (St George)
Chad Randall (Retired)
Squad:
1 Nesiasi Mataitonga FULL BACK
2 Kieran Dixon WINGER
3 Jordan Atkins CENTRE
9 Scott Moore HOOKER
10 Olsi Krasniqi PROP FORWARD
11 Mike McMeeken SECOND ROW
12 Matt Cook SECOND ROW
14 Mike Bishay HOOKER
16 Nick Slyney PROP FORWARD
17 Will Lovell CENTRE
18 George Griffin LOOSE FORWARD
19 Erjon Dollapi PROP FORWARD
21 Joel Wicks CENTRE
22 James Woodburn-Hall STAND OFF
23 Denny Solomona WINGER
24 Mason Caton-Brown WINGER
25 Ilies Macani CENTRE
26 Tony Gigot SCRUM HALF
James Cunningham HOOKER
James Duckworth WINGER
Ben Farrar SCRUM HALF
Carl Forster PROP FORWARD
Alex Foster SECOND ROW
James Greenwood PROP FORWARD
Thomas Minns CENTRE
Jamie O’Callaghan CENTRE
James’ prediction: 14th
View from the pitch:
Nesiasi Mataitonga – “We’ve got a lot of young players and we will play without fear, which will be good for us. There are a lot of fresh faces ready to rip in.”
