London Broncos vs St Helens Round 14 Match Preview

James Booth • 14 June 2024

The London Broncos have their eighth Super League home game of the 2024 season on Sunday as we face off against St Helens on our return to Twickenham Stoop. The Broncos and Saints have already met once so far this season (Round 1) at the Totally Wicked Stadium where St Helens ended up 40-4 winners. Check out the video below to see the highlights of our earlier matchup in February. The last time that the Broncos played against the Saints at Twickenham Stoop (April 27th, 2013), the Broncos came away 21-14 winners. Click here to read the full in-depth history of the London Broncos vs St Helens fixture!


The Broncos have had a difficult 2024 Super League campaign so far, winning 1 game vs Hull FC (34-18, click here to read the full match report) & losing 12 games to St Helens (40-4, click here to read the full match report), Catalans Dragons (0-34, click here to read the full match report) Hull FC (28-24, click here to read the full match report), Wigan Warriors (22-60, click here to read the full match report), Warrington Wolves (4-58, click here to read the full match report), Huddersfield Giants (6-26, click here to read the full match report), Hull KR (50-10, click here to read the full match report), Salford Red Devils (4-12, click here to read the full match report), Castleford Tigers (40-0, click here to read the full match report), Leeds Rhinos (46-8, click here to read the full match report), Hull KR (14-64, click here to read the full match report) & Salford Red Devils (34-4, click here to read the full match report) The Broncos currently sit 12th in the Super League with a points difference of -376.


St Helens have also played thirteen games so far this season and are currently sat in 1st place after winning 10 (40-4 vs London Broncos, 0-28 vs Huddersfield Giants, 12-4 vs Leigh Leopards, 8-18 vs Leeds Rhinos, 12-4 vs Wigan Warriors, 58-0 vs Hull FC, 13-12 vs Huddersfield Giants, 4-60 vs Castleford Tigers, 40-10 vs Leeds Rhinos & 24-12 vs Catalans Dragons) and losing 3 (20-24 vs Salford Red Devils, 14-8 vs Catalans Dragons & 40-20 vs Hull KR) games so far this season.


Speaking ahead of this Sunday’s fixture, we caught up with Broncos assistant coach Jordie Hedges, who says “It’s another massive game for us. It’s a massive occasion for the club back at the Stoop trying to connect with an old fanbase as well as with the new fanbase.


“This is a game that we need to go out and win and put a performance in but we understand the magnitude of this for the club as well.


“It’ll be a similar game (from last time out). Conditions aren’t looking great but hopefully we get some dry footy so we can play with the ball a bit”.


Broncos’ media also caught up with Broncos half-back Oli Leyland who says “We’re feeling good, we’ve had a good training week, so we’ve dusted down and ready to go again after some good training.


“Where we’re at and where the team are at is we just need to work on us and focus on approaching every game the same way. Obviously, we’ll have a look at what they’re going to throw at us but for us it’s the same process every week of trying to better ourselves.


“The first game that I went to watch with the Broncos was at the Stoop after a mini’s tournament so you could say that is the start of our journey so to then go and play where I watched my first game will be massive.”


Ways to watch/listen to the game!

TV: Super League+ & Sky Sports Arena!

 

You can still buy tickets to this event by clicking here!

 

Live match updates: Twitter (@londonbroncosrl)

 


last time versus saints at the stoop!

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