Catalans v Broncos (friendly) : Sat Jan 17, 2015 10:21 am  

Seems the French start lineup will include new boys Todd Carney, Willie Tonga and Remi Casty along with Escare, Duport, Whitehead etc. No word on our starting lineup although normal interchange rules don't apply in friendlies. I'm just praying we don't get any major injuries and a rare win would be nice too

According to the Broncos site...

We'll be testing our new live match centre for the game vs Catalans Dragons - technology permitting - follow the game on our site from 3:30pm (UK time) you'll see team lists plus live text updates.

Re: Catalans v Broncos (friendly) : Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:10 pm  

Carney injured I read on twitter.

Re: Catalans v Broncos (friendly) : Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:59 pm  

BroncOnIon wrote: Carney injured I read on twitter. Yes......it seems that way. Here's the link for the game - http://www.londonbroncosrl.com/fixtures ... n-dragons/ Looks like it will be auto refresh live scores - KO 4pm UK time. Bromcos will feature - Richard Mathers, Rhys Williams, Ben Farrar, Wes Naiqama, Ben Hellewell, Liam Foran, Joe Keyes, Nick Slyney, Brad Dwyer, Josh Cordoba, Daniel Harrison, Rhys Lovegrove, Jonathan Wallace, Iliess Macani, Joel Wicks, Oscar Thomas, Toby Everett, Alex Walker, Erjon Dollapi, Harvey Burnett & Sean Morris.

BroncOnIon wrote: Carney injured I read on twitter. Yes......it seems that way. Here's the link for the game - http://www.londonbroncosrl.com/fixtures ... n-dragons/ Looks like it will be auto refresh live scores - KO 4pm UK time. Bromcos will feature - Richard Mathers, Rhys Williams, Ben Farrar, Wes Naiqama, Ben Hellewell, Liam Foran, Joe Keyes, Nick Slyney, Brad Dwyer, Josh Cordoba, Daniel Harrison, Rhys Lovegrove, Jonathan Wallace, Iliess Macani, Joel Wicks, Oscar Thomas, Toby Everett, Alex Walker, Erjon Dollapi, Harvey Burnett & Sean Morris.

Re: Catalans v Broncos (friendly) : Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:09 pm  

Ugggg...Willie Tonga goes over following repeat sets for the Dragons in the Broncos half after just 4 minutes, conversion missed. Catalans 4-0 Broncos

Re: Catalans v Broncos (friendly) : Sat Jan 17, 2015 5:44 pm  

Not a massacre considering the team the French put out. Well done lads. FT: Catalan Dragons 32 - 16 London Broncos

Re: Catalans v Broncos (friendly) : Sat Jan 17, 2015 6:13 pm  

Sounds like we should be proud of the boys, safe trip home.

[brian2]

Re: Catalans v Broncos (friendly) : Sat Jan 17, 2015 7:22 pm  

Went to game. We lost 32-16, but it was quite encouraging. . Catalan are a big side and we defended well and scored 3 good tries.

Wes N was impressive though he seemed to be wearing a knee brace
Slyne and Córdoba were good. Lovegrove impressed. Farrar made a couple of mistakes but made a good break to set up Hellewell try
Foran is a big guy, won't set the world on fire but is solid and big and strong. Played a lot of the young kids in last 20 mins

Problems:
Still give away too much possession
Still give away too many penalties at the play of the ball
Kicking game was poor

But all in all encouraging!

Re: Catalans v Broncos (friendly) : Sun Jan 18, 2015 7:48 am  

much appreciate your report

[brian2]

Re: Catalans v Broncos (friendly) : Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:01 am  

Thanks, others may have a slightly different view. Was also difficult as no programme or team sheet and I didn't recognise half the team!

One positive - no injuries I could see!

Re: Catalans v Broncos (friendly) : Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:15 am  

Sounds encouraging for what's effectively a new team. Seems we're getting things right on the pitch, which is the most important thing at the moment - don't forget that we're playing in a lower division this year.