Leigh Leopards should be shocked IMG points for him wearing that hoodie.Do they give you a free set of gold hoop earrings when you buy it.

The IMG ratings do throw up a lot of issues. The one that Derek Beaumont mention with regards to catchment area.
Do any of our fans live in Merton? I personally do not know any. I know fans from all over, but within the Borough. No! This has cost us IMG points however as Derek says.
There is not much that we can do about it, although our nomadic history has not helped.
The way things have worked out, our promotion and poor rating has thrown a spanner into the works for what was supposed to be an easy transition to the 2025 Super League season.

Interesting story going around linking us to Manly hooker Karl Lawton. Must admit I've not seen a massive amount of him but seems to have a decent bit of NRL experience with 80 odd games. Not played much over the last few seasons however. I would assume Dean will be the 13 again next season and I believe Lawton has played some time in the backrow, so perhaps where his longer term future lies given Sam and Bill are already signed up. https://www.bing.com/search?q=karl+lawt ... 01&PC=U531

Interesting story going around linking us to Manly hooker Karl Lawton. Must admit I've not seen a massive amount of him but seems to have a decent bit of NRL experience with 80 odd games. Not played much over the last few seasons however. I would assume Dean will be the 13 again next season and I believe Lawton has played some time in the backrow, so perhaps where his longer term future lies given Sam and Bill are already signed up. https://www.bing.com/search?q=karl+lawt ... 01&PC=U531

Yes sounds interesting. Good to get some extra quality in and if he takes a knock we have three alternatives already signed who can take his place. Davis, Davies and Leyland Jnr.

Never mind a fringe NRL reject hooker, we need quality in the halves and centres. Meadows and Leyland simply not good enough for SL and likewise Grant and Macani, jury out on Bassett. That said I have no idea who has been retained, maybe the Fijian 7 ?

I don't think he will come to play hooker, more likely back-row where we are light on, but I get your point. Catalans are also interested apparently, so I wouldn't be surprised if we get pipped to the post. Lets see what happens.

I like Henry and I think he could still do a job for us next season, but I made the point previously that he's a very similar type of half to Oli. I thought we saw the best of Henry when Corey came in, but I guess you could say that about most the squad. Again Meadows is a similar type of half to Oli, so if we don't end up retaining Corey we still need an out and out 7.

Alternatively we put our faith in the Oli/Meadows partnership with a view to that being the way forward after next season. There's a finite amount of first grade level players available right now.

Forwards look like Butler, Beinek(?), Kennedy, Adibiyi, Stock, Williams, Waine, Storey, Lovell, Parata, Natoli, no idea on Albert, with Leyland and Davis. Putting aside quality, there are numbers there.

Beyond that are a bunch of player, who, granted helped get us promoted, but beyond Walker have no recent SL experience and several of whom have come from Skolars. There really is a lack of quality. Last time we went up Walker, Dixon, Kear, Morgan, Williams, Abdull, Smith / Cunningham .... where are these players equivalents plus the quality off the Pitts, Battye, Fozzard, Yates ,,,,

So the Mike Eccles interview does seem to confirm that the 5 signings we’ve seen: three old boys, the lad from Keighley and Kennedy are what we’ve signed. I have to say that is a surprise but perhaps shouldn’t be after last two recruitment cycles where we have gone about our business in a ‘unique’ way. Big job ahead.

Total RL reporting a Super League club is "interested" in signing Jarrod Sammut following his departure from Barrow.....

Hankinson has left Fev.

Mason Caton-Brown has given up hopes of being brought back and has bought a hotel https://www.totalrl.com/ex-salford-red- ... rst-hotel/

Mason Caton-Brown has given up hopes of being brought back and has bought a hotel https://www.totalrl.com/ex-salford-red- ... rst-hotel/

Did a job for us before- worth a punt?

Gone to Salford I believe

He was excellent for us but, as you say, has gone to SRD. We appear to be fishing in a different pond at the moment but he would have been a Championship player who had previously represented us that would have been very welcome. He also benefits from not being of pensionable age.

Well there we go https://www.totalrl.com/london-broncos- ... ague-2024/

Well there we go https://www.totalrl.com/london-broncos- ... ague-2024/

Is that all the players who got us into Championship contention departed ?

Featherstone appear to have announced their signing of Wellington. Nice of the club to give a farewell and thanks to those exiting.....

Perhaps they haven't noticed they'd gone.

I would imagine it'll be addressed in the Friday email.

Quality dig DC. Funny because it contains that slight element of truth.

Along with Dixon, Curran ...well you see the point. Think we saved a stamp on Meadows’ cheerio as he’s now come back.

Standard from us these days.

Quote ="Knocker_White"Well there we go https://www.totalrl.com/london-broncos- ... ague-2024/'" Balls. Obviously he was one of our key captures and we’ve failed to do so. Interesting to see why he didn’t fancy it. I would have thought London in Super League would have been a decent fit.

Quote ="Knocker_White"Well there we go https://www.totalrl.com/london-broncos- ... ague-2024/'" Balls. Obviously he was one of our key captures and we’ve failed to do so. Interesting to see why he didn’t fancy it. I would have thought London in Super League would have been a decent fit.

Is it just me or have we not really recruited well?
Have we backfilled key losses in Whare and, in particular, Norman?
Who is going to pull the strings now. Is it Oli L 18th man in SF and Final or Meadows?

Unless we bring in some quality we are looking like a mid level Championship side. The academy was scrapped to supposedly allow they club to focus on other areas of the ranking criteria. The 2 highest ranking criteria are fandom and performance. We won't pick up many performance points with a sub standard squad and nor will will attract many new fans to the club.