Preview: 2024 Super League Magic Weekend Round 22: London Broncos vs Hull FC

The Broncos have their first Super League Magic Weekend Round since 2019 on Saturday as we face off against Hull FC for the third time this season and what is set to be a huge clash at the bottom end of the table. The first time we faced Hull FC this season (Round 3), FC came away 28-24 winners after scoring a winner in the 78^th minute and when we faced them later on in the year (Round 11) at the Cherry Red Records Stadium, the Broncos picked up our first win of the season with a 34-18 victory. Click below to see the highlights from the earlier fixtures here:

Hull FC vs London Broncos (Super League Round 3):

The Broncos have faced Hull FC on 52 occasions in all competitions, scoring 939 points & conceding 1222 points. Click here to read the full in-depth history of the London Broncos vs Hull FC fixture here!

At Magic Weekend the Broncos have a pretty even record, winning 4 games vs Catalans Dragons (28-32, 2007- 4-11, 2011), Salford City Reds (16-24, 2009) & Hull FC (8-25, 2010) & losing 5 games vs Catalans Dragons (18-16, 2008- 42-18, 2012- 46-18, 2013- 22-24, 2014) & Leeds Rhinos (22-24, 2019).  

Hull FC also have a relatively even record at Magic Weekend, winning 7 games vs Castleford Tigers (24-16, 2009), Hull KR (22-16, 2013- 46-20, 2015- 28-16, 2016- 22-34, 2018- 28-34, 2022) & Warrington Wolves (30-18, 2023) and losing 9 games vs Hull KR (10-14, 2007- 17-22, 2008- 22-34, 2011- 30-32, 2012- 38-24, 2014), London Broncos/Harlequins RL (8-25, 2010), St Helens (0-45, 2017), Huddersfield Giants (2-55, 2019) & Leeds Rhinos (25-24, 2021).

Speaking ahead of Saturday’s fixture, Broncos Director or Rugby & Performance Mike Eccles says “Hull are still a pretty good team. They beat Wigan not too long ago. They bring in 5 quality & established players so it will be an almighty challenge. We have a lot of respect for them and understand what they have been through.

“They’ve had a tough year like we’ve had. Simon has done a great job of keeping them all together and when they have the troops are on the field it is going to be a tough proposition for us.

“It’s a different game at a different event but the same tough challenge so just looking forward to it”.

See the full interview with Mike here:

Also speaking to Broncos media from Elland Road is Rhys Kennedy who says “It’s been a tough couple of months for us, we have been working really hard both on and off the field to try and get off the bottom of the table so it’s very exciting going into this Round.

“I didn’t get to play last year in Newcastle, so I am privileged to be playing in this one. Obviously, a lot of the boys haven’t played Super League in our team so I’m sure the boys will be up for this one- it’ll be an awesome and exciting day.

“The last two games against them have been very competitive, everyone will be talking about and hyping it up on social media but for us, we just need to stay focused on the little things that we have been working on week to week”.



See the full interview with Rhys here:

Please see below the Broncos 21-man squad ahead of Saturday’s game:

Please see below the Hull FC 21-man squad ahead of Saturday’s game:

Ways to watch/listen to the game!

TV: Super League+ & Sky Sports Action!

Live match updates: Twitter (@londonbroncosrl)