Preview: 2024 Super League Round 19: Hull KR vs London Broncos

James Booth • 25 July 2024

The Broncos have their tenth Super League away game of the 2024 season tomorrow evening as we face off against Hull KR for the third time this season and the second time at Craven Park. When we played Hull KR at Craven Park earlier in the season (Round 7), KR came away 50-10 victors. Click below to see the highlights from this earlier fixture here:


When the Broncos faced Hull KR at the Cherry Red Records Stadium (Round 12), the visiting side left London 14-64 winners. Click below to see the highlights from this earlier fixture here:

The Broncos have faced Hull KR on 39 occasions in all competitions, scoring 736 points and conceding 1295. Click here to read the full in-depth history of the Hull KR vs London Broncos 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 14 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), St Helens (6-52, click here to read the full match report), Wigan Warriors (36-0, click here to read the full match report), losing out in Golden Point Extra Time to Leeds Rhinos (17-16, click here to read the full match report), losing out at Ebbsfleet to Castleford Tigers (20-34, click here to read the full match report) & Leigh Leopards (36-6, click here to read the full match report). The Broncos currently sit 12th in the Super League with a points difference of -503.


Hull KR have also played eighteen games so far this season and are currently sat in 3rd place behind Wigan Warriors & Warrington Wolves after winning 13 (0-22 vs Hull FC, 22-12 vs Leeds Rhinos, 12-24 vs Huddersfield Giants, 34-10 vs Hull FC, 50-10 vs London Broncos, 26-10 vs Wigan Warriors, 40-20 vs Saints, 14-64 vs London Broncos, 12-0 vs Leigh Leopards, 32-6 vs Huddersfield Giants, 12-13 vs Castleford Tigers, 10-24 vs Hull FC & 12-20 vs Leeds Rhinos) & lost 5 (17-10 vs Salford Red Devils, 20-22 vs Warrington Wolves, 36-6 vs Catalans Dragons, 20-8 vs Warrington Wolves & 14-15 vs Catalans Dragons) games so far this season.


Speaking ahead of tomorrow evening’s fixture, Broncos Director of Rugby & Performance Mike Eccles says “There won’t be too much change (from the last 2 games vs Hull KR), Alex Walker has been out with a back injury, but he’ll be back next week. James Meadows unfortunately is down with a knee injury, and we don’t know if we will see him again this year- we will let you know in due course and Jordan Williams is similar.

 

“I think Hull KR are probably the most consistent team- if you look at them from Round 1 to where we are now, the way they play everyone has very distinct roles, responsibilities & style of play.


“They have adjusted a couple of things defensively in certain areas but apart from that they have a very clear game plan of what they are going to try and achieve.”


See the full interview with Mike here:


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

Please see below the Hull KR 21-man squad ahead of tomorrow’s game:

Ways to watch/listen to the game!

TV: Super League+ & Sky Sports Arena!


Live match updates: Twitter (@londonbroncosrl)

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