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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Aaron Bower

Broncos pin London’s rugby league future on move to leafy Wimbledon

Jude Ferreira of London Broncos scores a try against Widnes Vikings at Plough Lane, Wimbledon
Jude Ferreira of London Broncos scores a try against Widnes Vikings at Plough Lane, Wimbledon. Photograph: Prime Media Images/Alamy

Times move fast in professional sport and no club understands that more going into the new season than London Broncos. The lingering question of how rugby league captures the attention of many in the capital almost had the answer nobody wanted last summer with London’s flagship club flirting with relegation to the third tier, League 1, for the first time.

A Super League without London? Not ideal. But no London club in the top two tiers? Unthinkable.

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