2016 London Broncos season

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.

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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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	Club	P	W	D	L	For	Agst	Diff	Points	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos (Q)	7	6	0	1	239	94	145	12	Super League XXII place
2	Leigh Centurions (Q)	7	6	0	1	223	193	30	12
3	Huddersfield Giants (Q)	7	5	0	2	257	166	91	10
4	Hull Kingston Rovers (S)	7	4	0	3	235	142	93	8	Million Pound Game
5	Salford Red Devils (S)	7	3	0	4	208	152	56	6
6	London Broncos (R)	7	3	0	4	221	212	9	6	2017 Championship place
7	Batley Bulldogs (R)	7	1	0	6	97	276	-207	2
8	Featherstone Rovers (R)	7	0	0	7	96	313	-217	0

(Q) = Qualified for Super League XXII

(S) = Secured spot in Million Pound Game

(R) = Relegated to the Championship

External links

• 2016 Championship - Rugby League Project