2015 London Broncos season

The 2015 London Broncos season was the thirty-sixth in the club's history and their first season in the RFL Championship. Competing in 2015 Kingstone Press Championship, the club was coached by Joey Grima, before being replaced by his assistant Andrew Henderson in March. They finishing in 7th place, reaching the Championship Shield Final and reaching the Fourth Round of the 2015 Challenge Cup.

2015 London Broncos season
2015 Championship Rank	7th
Play-off result	Championship Shield Final
Challenge Cup	Fourth Round
2015 record	Wins: 15; draws: 0; losses: 16
Points scored	For: 808; against: 790
Team information
Chairman	David Hughes
Head Coach	Joey Grima (until 2 March 2015) Andrew Henderson (from 2 March 2015)
Captain	Nick Slyney & Richard Mathers
Stadium	The Hive Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Rhys Williams - 19
Goals	Wes Naiqama - 89
Points	Wes Naiqama - 214
Home colours Away colours
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It was their second since moving to the Hive Stadium. They exited the Challenge Cup with a defeat by the Leigh Centurions.^[1]

2015 milestones

2015 squad

London Broncos 2015 Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1  Richard Mathers (c) – FB 2  Rhys Williams – WG 3  Ben Farrar – CE, FB 4  Wes Naiqama – CE 5  Ben Hellewell – WG, CE, FB 6  Liam Foran – SO 7  William Barthau – SH, SO 8  Nick Slyney (c) – PR, LF 9  Ray Nasso – HK 10  Josh Cordoba – PR 11  Daniel Harrison – SR 12  Rhys Lovegrove – LF, SR 13  Luke Adamson – LF, SR		14  Brad Dwyer – HK 15  Matt Garside – SR, CE 16  Glenn Riley – PR 17  Erjon Dollapi – PR 18  Jon Wallace – PR 19  Joe Keyes – SH, SO 20  Iliess Macani – WG, FB 21  Joel Wicks – HK, CE 22  Oscar Thomas – SO, FB 23  Toby Everett – PR, SR 24  Alex Walker – FB 25  Harvey Burnett – CE 26  Sean Morris – FB, WG		27  Jarrod Sammut – SO, SH 28  Tom Gilmore – SH, SO 29  Jamie Thackray – PR 30  Dave Williams – PR 31  Elliott Minchella – SR, LF 32  Elliot Kear – FB, CE, WG 33  Chris Annakin – SR, LF 34  Matt Davis – SR, LF 35  Andrew Henderson – HK 36  Jonathan Walker – PR 37  Jason Walton – SR, CE 38  James Cunningham – HK				Head coach  Joey Grima Assistant coaches  Andrew Henderson  Danny Ward  Brian Noble Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)   Injured Updated: 2015 Source(s): London Broncos squad 2015

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2015 tables

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leigh Centurions	23	21	1	1	972	343	+629	43	The Qualifiers
2	Bradford Bulls	23	18	1	4	828	387	+441	37
3	Sheffield Eagles	23	17	0	6	586	451	+135	34
4	Halifax	23	16	0	7	646	377	+269	32
5	Featherstone Rovers	23	13	0	10	633	565	+68	26	Championship Shield
6	Dewsbury Rams	23	12	1	10	490	461	+29	25
7	London Broncos	23	12	0	11	538	510	+28	24
8	Workington Town	23	7	1	15	379	631	−252	15
9	Batley Bulldogs	23	7	0	16	421	539	−118	14
10	Whitehaven	23	7	0	16	418	671	−253	14
11	Hunslet Hawks	23	5	0	18	362	769	−407	10
12	Doncaster	23	1	0	22	282	851	−569	2

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;

• Championship Shield

Main article: 2015 Super 8s

The third of the three "Super 8" groups saw teams finishing 5th to 12th in the regular Championship table. Like the Super League 8's, these teams retained their original points and played 7 extra games, with the teams finishing in the top 4 places after these extra games contesting playoffs similar to Super League, with 1st v 4th and 2nd vs 3rd, with the winners contesting the Championship Shield Grand Final. The two teams finishing at the bottom of this Super 8s group (7th and 8th) were relegated to the League 1 2016 season, and replaced by the two 2015 League One promoted sides.

Position	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Pts for	Pts agst	Points
1	Featherstone Rovers (Q)	30	19	0	11	809	701	38
2	Dewsbury Rams (Q)	30	17	1	12	686	624	35
3	London Broncos (Q)	30	15	0	15	756	674	30
4	Workington Town (Q)	30	11	1	18	587	782	23
5	Batley Bulldogs	30	10	0	20	645	707	20
6	Whitehaven	30	10	0	20	618	921	20
7	Hunslet Hawks (R)	30	8	0	22	518	957	16
8	Doncaster (R)	30	2	0	28	401	1128	4

(Q) Qualified for the Semi Final (R) Relegated to League 1

	Teams qualifying for the Championship Shield 2015 Semi-Finals.
	Teams relegated to 2016 League One.

#	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referee	Attendance
CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD SEMI-FINALS
SF1	Featherstone Rovers	52 – 14	Workington Town	27 September, 15:00	Post Office Road, Featherstone		1,233
SF1	Dewsbury Rams	18 – 34	London Broncos	27 September, 15:00.	Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury		940
CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD GRAND FINAL
F	Featherstone Rovers	34 – 6	London Broncos	Sunday 4 October, 4:30pm	Select Security Stadium	Chris Campbell	4,179

References

1. "Challenge Cup match review: Leigh Centurions 64-12 London Broncos". Nothing But League. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
2. Gains & Losses