Preview: 2024 Super League Round 8: London Broncos vs Salford Red Devils
The London Broncos have their fifth Super League home game of 2024 this Saturday as they face off against Salford Red Devils at the Cherry Red Records Stadium. This is the first game that the Broncos have played against Salford since 4th August 2019, where the Red Devils walked away 28-58 victors in front of a crowd of 1,445 at Trailfinders. Click here to read the full in-depth history of the London Broncos vs Salford Red Devils fixture!
The Broncos have had a difficult beginning to their 2024 Super League campaign, losing their first 7 games to St Helens Saints (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 have also played seven games so far this season and are currently sat in 7th place after winning 4 (26-22 vs Castleford, 17-10 vs Hull KR, 20-24 vs Saint Helens & 32-22 vs Leigh Leopards) and losing 3 (22-16 vs Leeds Rhinos, 12-22 vs Wigan Warriors & 36-24 vs Castleford Tigers) games so far this season.
Speaking ahead of our Round 8 clash on Saturday, Salford Red Devils assistant coach Krisnan Inu says "You don't judge any team on their past performances. Anyone can win on the day and they're a good team, good rugby team, and they know how to play with the ball."
Also speaking ahead of Saturday’s fixture is Red Devils’ player Joe Shorrocks, who says “We’ve spoken about it (London) as a team, we’re pretty sure that we won’t let (Round 7 loss) happen again. Hopefully this week we can improve.
“They are obviously desperate for a win like Castleford were. They’re at home and they’ll have some fans behind them. They throw the ball about which is difficult to defend in itself so we have to look out for that especially”.
Ahead of this Saturday’s fixture we caught up with new Bronco’s loan signing Ugo Tison who says “I am happy to be here, I’m happy to be in London. It’s a great opportunity for me to play more games in Super League and I want to play well for London.
“I’m very excited, I hope I play this week!
“I am a simple player, I can play hooker or half. I have a lot of vision and a player who works hard and doesn’t make many mistakes!”
Also talking to Broncos media this week was Sam Davis, who scored the first Super League try of his career in our Round 7 matchup vs Hull KR (watch the video below to see his try)
Davis says “It’s one thing getting here but as a group we want to thrive, we don’t want to be a passenger in this league and that’s what we are going to strive to do.
"We want to win games and we want to compete. We’re building every week and we are getting better and that’s the goal.”
Looking back through history where, out of the 20 games which have been played in London, the Broncos have won 9, Salford have won 10 and there has been one draw, in addition to the Red Devil’s latest Super League loss to Castleford Tigers, there has arguably not been a better opportunity so far at home this season to get points on the league table for the Broncos. The key for London must be to start strongly and put points on the board early. Allowing a Salford team into the game who are looking to get back onto winning ways could be detrimental to our chances of a win.
Another way that the Broncos can push for their first win of the season is through the fans. It is so important that we have a strong turn out and a big atmosphere to give the players the extra 10% when they need it! To get your tickets for Saturday’s game make sure to click here!
Ways to watch/listen to the game!
TV: Super League+ & Sky Sports Arena!
Live match updates: Twitter (@londonbroncosrl)
