2012 London Broncos season

The 2012 London Broncos season was the thirty-third in the club's history, their seventeenth season in the Super League and their first re-branded back to the London Broncos. Competing in Super League XVII, the club was coached by Rob Powell until midseason when he was replaced by Tony Rea. They finished in 12th place and reaching the Quarter Finals of the 2012 Challenge Cup.

2012 London Broncos season
Super League XVII Rank12th
Challenge CupQuarter final
2012 recordWins: 9; draws: 0; losses: 21
Points scoredFor: 696; against: 960
Team information
ChairmanDavid Hughes
Head CoachRob Powell (until July 2012)
Tony Rea (July 2012 onwards)
Captain
StadiumThe Stoop
Avg. attendance2,532
High attendance4,924
Top scorers
TriesKieran Dixon - 16
Luke Dorn - 16
GoalsMichael Witt - 52
PointsMichael Witt - 136
Home colours
Away colours
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They were captained by Craig Gower, finishing Super League's regular season 12th out of 14 teams, thus failing to reach the play-offs for the 7th consecutive year.

2012 Squad
Squad NumberNameRepresentative countryPositionAgePrevious clubAppearancesTriesGoalsDrop GoalsPoints
1Luke DornAustraliaFullback30 Castleford Tigers24160064
2Liam ColbonEnglandWing27 Hull Kingston Rovers82008
3Jamie O'CallaghanIrelandCentre21 London Broncos Academy2750020
4David HowellAustraliaCentre28 Canberra Raiders2030012
5Michael RobertsonScotlandWing29 Manly Sea Eagles26150060
6Michael WittAustraliaStand-off28 Crusaders RL228520136
7Craig GowerAustraliaScrum-half34France Aviron Bayonnais RU29427070
8Antonio KaufusiTongaProp27 Newcastle Knights2980032
9Chad RandallAustraliaHooker31 Manly Sea Eagles3040016
10Mark BryantAustraliaProp31 Crusaders RL301004
11Shane RodneyAustraliaSecond-row29 Manly Sea Eagles15216040
12Chris BaileyAustraliaSecond-row30 Manly Sea Eagles2770028
13Tony ClubbEnglandLoose forward25 London Broncos Academy2660024
14Julien RinaldiFranceHooker33 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats201004
15Karl TemataCook IslandsProp34 New Zealand Warriors90000
16Chris MellingEnglandSecond-row27 Wigan Warriors2232016
17Jason GoldenEnglandSecond-row26 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats91004
18Olsi KrasniqiAlbaniaLoose forward20 London Broncos Academy162008
19Dan SarginsonEnglandCentre19 London Broncos Academy1950020
20Matt CookEnglandSecond-row25 Hull Kingston Rovers1440016
21Kieran DixonEnglandWing20 London Broncos Academy27161066
22Ben BolgerEnglandSecond-row22 London Broncos Academy111004
23Omari CaroJamaicaWing21 London Broncos Academy1240016
24Lamont BryanJamaicaSecond-row21 London Broncos Academy00000
26Rob ThomasEnglandProp21 London Broncos Academy00000
27Sam BolgerEnglandScrum-half20 London Broncos Academy10000
28Michael ChanningWalesCentre20 London Broncos Academy81004
29Erjon DollapiAlbaniaProp18 London Broncos Academy00000
30Scott WheeldonEnglandProp26 Hull Kingston Rovers1630012
31Will LovellEnglandCentre19 London Broncos Academy1030012
32Mike McMeekenEnglandSecond-row18 London Broncos Academy30000

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Super League XVII table
Super League XVII
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Wigan Warriors (L) 27 21 0 6 994 449 +545 42 Play-offs
2 Warrington Wolves 27 20 1 6 909 539 +370 41
3 St Helens 27 17 2 8 795 480 +315 36
4 Catalans Dragons 27 18 0 9 812 611 +201 36
5 Leeds Rhinos (C) 27 16 0 11 823 662 +161 32
6 Hull F.C. 27 15 2 10 696 621 +75 32
7 Huddersfield Giants 27 14 0 13 699 664 +35 28
8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 13 0 14 633 764 −131 26
9 Bradford Bulls 27 14 1 12 633 756 −123 23[lower-alpha 1]
10 Hull Kingston Rovers 27 10 1 16 753 729 +24 21
11 Salford City Reds 27 8 1 18 618 844 −226 17
12 London Broncos 27 7 0 20 588 890 −302 14
13 Castleford Tigers 27 6 0 21 554 948 −394 12
14 Widnes Vikings 27 6 0 21 532 1082 −550 12
Source: superleague.co.uk and BBC Sport.
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
  1. Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points on 25 July 2012 for entering administration[2]

References
  1. Gains & Losses
  2. "Bradford Bulls handed six-point deduction by RFL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
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