London Broncos have confirmed that Alex Mammone has signed a three-month deal with the club.

The 24-year-old prop is a former Australian Institute of Sport Under-18s player whose career began with St George Illawarra Under 20s.

He has also spent time with Manly and Asquith Magpies, and now has the opportunity to win a longer deal for himself at London.

“I’m thrilled to have been offered this opportunity with the Broncos – I’ve been training with the boys since pre-season started last week, and they’ve really welcomed me with open arms,," said Mammone, who is eligible for, or holds, Australian, British and Italian passports.

“It’s a fantastic environment, and I’ve really enjoyed it so far. It’s been pretty hard work, but that comes naturally with pre-season.

“I met my girlfriend [who lives in Surrey while she was travelling Australia, so this works perfectly for us. Hopefully it can turn into a more permanent stay."

Broncos head coach Andrew Henderson is looking forward to helping another diamond in the rough reach his full potential.

“Alex was brought to my attention by Ben Fisher, who was previously a player and assistant coach here at the Broncos – he also was a former Scotland teammate of mine – so he tipped me off about him originally," he said.

“I also spoke to a few other contacts in Australia who had seen Alex play, and they all spoke fairly well of him.

“It’s a contract similar to Will Lovell’s – at the end of the day, I don’t know enough about the bloke to warrant a 12-month deal.

"He comes on a good recommendation, so we’re giving him the opportunity to impress over these three months with a view to extend if we see him fitting into our squad moving forward.

“He’s a good size – 6’4 and 112kg front row forward, so he’s already got something different there compared to what we’ve had previously.

“He’s trained a week and a half, and he’s adapting to full time rugby. He came through some good systems as a kid, and he’s got some good grounding as a youngster, and now this is his opportunity to try and kick on.”

Jamie Thackray has signed a 1 year deal with Doncaster in League 1.

I reckon he could still of done a decent job for us.

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Early pre-season training of what I think is our largest pre-season squad must give some optimism for a top 2 finish next season. Not a fan of rotation, I believe in playing the best squad every week unless fatigue or injury interferes.

I caught Mark McClinden in reflective mood near the end of his time at the stoop. He said that playing rugby for a living must be one of the best jobs you could have, but becoming professional meant you had to play injured which was the hardest part for him. At least a decent size squad should mean that you can take a break if you need one. What a great job to have.

I am please for Jaimie Thackray, I think he did a job for us and he hoped for another season at The Broncos . Was not to be.

Difference is a 3 month pre-season deal doesn't really give an opportunity to show what you can do against the opposition.

Have we had any of our Northern signings cry off with homesickness yet? It's a London pre-Christmas tradition!

www.londonbroncosrl.com/news/bro ... or-roqica/ Squad is now complete. Assuming Lovell and Mammone get longer term deals we'll have a squad of 31. Certainly a lot more strength in depth now. This new fella certainly fits the mould of what a lot of you's have been asking for!!

www.londonbroncosrl.com/news/bro ... or-roqica/ Squad is now complete. Assuming Lovell and Mammone get longer term deals we'll have a squad of 31. Certainly a lot more strength in depth now. This new fella certainly fits the mould of what a lot of you's have been asking for!!

He certainly looks a prospect and is the right size, along with Mammone it gives the pack some weight? Lets hope they both work out, if they do and we keep Api, Barthau and Sammutt fit then things will look pretty good!

Yup, big thumbs up for JR from me!

Never quite sure how the visa thing works, is this likely to present a problem and how long will it take - given pre-season has started?

You'd like to think the club have been working on this behind the scenes, hence the official announcement.

Can't see it taking longer than a month max....

Its the subject to visa bit of the statement which worried me. I realise its sensible, but we have had problems in the past........

Lad looks promising though, let's hope his visa gets sorted out ok

Junior is one large unit. A no-mess forward. I saw him play a few times this season including the two games he played for Newtown against my, now ex-team. We were leading by 24 points with 20 to go and he helped launch a fearsome amount of momentum, which saw Newtown make one of their greatest ever comebacks!

He is moving to the UK around the same time as another Sharks team-mate who's going to Cas, as well as having friends over there already. So I hope he settles in fast.

Good signing, well done to the London staff involved.

New club mate?

Hope so. Offered a role in U20s as NSW Cup side is being fed up, so my role has gone.
Will fill you in, when I find out about another club first.

The failure of Sandow to return to Wolves goes to show that it's not just us that it happens to.

Wests Tigers.

Welcome to London, Junior Roqica!
✔️ Visa approved
✈️ Landed in the UK

Needs a gardener for his head

Let us hope that he settles in, because I think could do a good job for us.

Really good news that he has arrived and can have a pre-season, hope we get a brief look at him against the Army?

Hope he settles in quickly and is ready for the start of the season

Looks like the sort of player we've ( well I've !) been crying out for!

Good stuff mate.