The 1997 London Broncos season was the eighteenth in the club's history and their second season in the
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
. Coached by
Tony Currie, the Broncos competed in
Super League II
Stones Bitter Super League II was the official name for the year 1997's Super League championship season, the 103rd season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the second to be played in summer.
Teams
Twelve teams were ...
and finished in 2nd place. The club also reached the fifth round of the
1997 Challenge Cup
The 1997 Challenge Cup, known as the Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 96th staging of the Challenge Cup, a European rugby league cup competition.
The competition ended with the final on 3 May 1997, which was played at Wemb ...
and the Quarter Finals in the
1997 World Club Championship
The 1997 World Club Championship was an expansion of the World Club Challenge concept by Super League. The rugby competition was restructured to include all 22 clubs from the Australasian Super League (Australia), Super League and the Super Leag ...
.
1997 squad statistics
Sources:
Super League II table
1997 Challenge Cup
The
London Broncos
The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in London, England.
The club competes in the RFL Championship. It was a member of Super League from its inaugural season in 1996 until the end of the 2014 season, when they were relegat ...
progressed to the fifth round of the Cup, before losing to the
Bradford Bulls at
The Stoop.
1997 World Club Championship
Super League
Pool A
Sources:
WCC matches
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Quarter-finals
References
External links
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London Broncos seasons
London Broncos
The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in London, England.
The club competes in the RFL Championship. It was a member of Super League from its inaugural season in 1996 until the end of the 2014 season, when they were relegat ...