2005 London Broncos season

2005 London Broncos season
2005 London Broncos season
Super League X Rank	6th
Challenge Cup	Quarter-final
2005 record	Wins: 15; draws: 2; losses: 15
Points scored	For: 908; against: 766
Team information
Chairman	David Hughes &; Ian Lenagan
Coach	Tony Rea
Captain	Lee Hopkins &; Mark McLinden;
Stadium	Griffin Park
Avg. attendance	4,006
High attendance	6,500
Top scorers
Tries	Luke Dorn - 24
Goals	Paul Sykes - 133
Points	Paul Sykes - 320
Home colours	Away colours

The 2005 London Broncos season was the twenty-sixth in the club's history and their tenth season in the Super League. The club was coached by Tony Rea, competing in Super League X, finishing in 6th place and competing in the end of season play-offs. The club also got to the Quarter-finals round of the Challenge Cup.

2005 London Broncos squad

Squad Number	Name	Position	Age	Previous club	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points
1	Paul Sykes	Centre	24	Bradford Bulls	32	13	133	2	320
2	Jon Wells	Wing	27	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	14	0	0	56
3	Nick Bradley-Qalilawa	Wing	25	Manly Sea Eagles	31	20	0	0	80
4	Mark O'Halloran	Centre	24	Wests Tigers	18	4	0	0	16
5	John Kirkpatrick	Wing	26	St Helens	5	5	0	0	20
6	Mark McLinden	Fullback	27	Canberra Raiders	27	9	0	0	36
7	Tommy Leuluai	Scrum-half	20	New Zealand Warriors	22	14	0	0	56
8	Francis Stephenson	Prop	29	Wigan Warriors	16	0	0	0	0
9	Neil Budworth	Hooker	23	Wigan Warriors	4	0	0	0	0
10	Steve Trindall	Prop	32	Wests Tigers	27	1	0	0	4
11	Solomon Haumono	Second-row	29	Manly Sea Eagles	32	11	0	0	44
12	Lee Hopkins	Second-row	27	Penrith Panthers	32	7	0	0	28
13	Rob Purdham	Loose forward	25	Whitehaven	22	10	1	0	42
14	Danny Williams	Second-row	32	Melbourne Storm	20	0	0	0	0
15	Mitch Stringer	Prop	21	London Broncos Academy	2	0	0	0	0
16	Joe Mbu	Second-row	21	London Broncos Academy	23	1	0	0	4
17	Mark Tookey	Prop	28	Castleford Tigers	30	5	0	0	20
18	Anthony Armour	Prop	22	Penrith Panthers	19	1	0	0	4
19	Dave Highton	Hooker	25	Salford City Reds	25	1	0	0	4
20	Fili Lolohea	Prop	26	South Sydney Rabbitohs	25	0	0	0	0
21	Luke Dorn	Stand-off	23	Sydney Roosters	31	24	0	0	96
22	Lee Sanderson	Scrum-half	20	Leigh Centurions	0	0	0	0	0
23	Lee Greenwood	Wing	24	Halifax	7	6	0	0	24
24	Tryone Smith	Centre	22	Sydney Roosters	26	12	0	0	48
25	Zeb Luisi	Fullback	21	London Broncos Academy	19	6	0	0	24
26	Carl Ablett	Second-row	19	Leeds Rhinos	5	0	0	0	0
27	Karl Temata	Prop	27	New Zealand Warriors	3	1	0	0	4
28	Michael Worrincy	Second-row	19	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	0
29	Ade Adebisi	Wing	19	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	8
30	Feleti Mateo	Stand-off	21	Parramatta Eels	14	1	0	0	4
31	Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook	Second-row	19	London Broncos Academy	0	0	0	0	0

Sources: ^[1]^[2]

Super League X table

Super League X
Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qual.
1	St. Helens	28	23	1	4	1028	537	+491	47	Play-off semi-final
2	Leeds Rhinos	28	22	0	6	1152	505	+647	44	Play-off semi-final
3	Bradford Bulls	28	18	1	9	1038	684	+354	37	Play-off elimination finals
4	Warrington Wolves	28	18	0	10	792	702	+90	36
5	Hull F.C.	28	15	2	11	756	670	+86	32
6	London Broncos	28	13	2	13	800	718	+82	28
7	Wigan Warriors	28	14	0	14	698	718	−20	28
8	Huddersfield Giants	28	12	0	16	742	791	−49	24
9	Salford City Reds	28	11	0	17	549	732	−183	22
10	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	28	10	0	18	716	999	−283	20
11	Widnes Vikings	28	6	1	21	598	1048	−450	13	Relegated to National League 1
12	Leigh Centurions	28	2	1	25	445	1210	−765	5	Relegated to National League 1

Source: Rugby League Project.
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.

Super League X play-offs


Elimination play-offs			Qualifying/Elimination semifinal			Elimination final		Grand Final



			1	St. Helens	16			Leeds Rhinos	6

			2	Leeds Rhinos	19			Bradford Bulls	15

						St. Helens	18
3	Bradford Bulls	44
						Bradford Bulls	23
6	London Broncos	22
			Bradford Bulls		71

			Hull F.C.		0
4	Warrington Wolves	6

5	Hull F.C.	40

2005 Challenge Cup

The Broncos progressed beyond the fifth round stage of the cup for the first time in five years, before being knocked out in the quarter finals by the Leeds Rhinos.^[3]

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Round	Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Attendance
Fourth round	Hunslet Hawks	4-70	London Broncos	3 April 2005	South Leeds Stadium	450
Fifth round	Salford City Reds	12-26	London Broncos	8 May 2005	The Willows	2,339
Quarter-finals	Leeds Rhinos	32-12	London Broncos	24 June 2005	Headingley	9,444

References

↑ Gains & Losses
↑ SLstats - 2005 Summary
↑ "2005 Challenge Cup". Rugby League World. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

External links

London Broncos - Rugby League Project

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[1] Gains & Losses

[2] SLstats - 2005 Summary

[3] "2005 Challenge Cup". Rugby League World. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

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London Broncos
Established 1980 in London, England
The Club	History Home grounds Records Honours International representative players Players
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
LBSA Women's Player of the Year	2022 Treco 2023 Treco
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
Men's Coaches	Bowden (1980-84) Lester (1984-86) Goodwin (1986-87) Risman (1987-88) Goodwin (1988) Sullivan (1989) Goodwin (1989) Strudwick (1989-92) Gordon (1993-94) Greinke (1994-96) Currie (1996-98) Stains (1998-99) Kiss & Rea (1999) Monie (1999-2000) Rea (2000-05) McDermott (2006-10) Powell (2011-12) Rea (2012-14) Grima (2014-15) Henderson (2015-17) Ward (2018-21) Coleman (2022) Eccles (2022-)
Women's Coaches	Baker (2021-)