Our abysmal away form continues

I?m beginning to think that sentence works equally well by removing the word ?away?.

Got a couple of tries back - perhaps we can give the scoreline an air of respectability?

Yes. Pleased to see we?ve upped our performance and at least registered a couple of tries but game was gone a long time ago. Our points difference may be important come end of the season. Heavy losses doing us no favours. 

So much for my predicted upset!  Other than that little flicker after halftime where we had some shape and showed a bit of urgency with the 2 trys we were second best in every department. Halifax bullied us physically, out-enthused us, and played at a tempo the Broncos just couldn?t live with.




Halifax didn?t even have to do anything special, just play basic direct rugby, fast ruck speed, a few nice short passes and offloads, and London had no answer. Defensive line speed was poor, middles got dominated, edges got shredded. Attack-wise, Broncos were mainly frantic and shapeless playing as individuals, not a team. No patience, no control, no real idea how to build pressure and nobody taking control.  The final 40?12 probably flattered London in the end because Halifax eased off with about 10 to go. If Halifax had stayed ruthless, it could?ve been 50 or 60.




So?. that 10-minute spell? It just showed how frustrating London are.  There is a decent team in there somewhere. But the rest of the game was a painful reminder we?re a bottom Championship side right now, not a title-chasing one.  If there is a magical takeover of the club it can?t happen soon enough!

Full match replay available on YouTube channel. 1st half performance very low energy. Body language looks tired. They look low on confidence. No attacking threat. Tricky old patch this. On plus side Poscelli is a good player and teams don?t seem to be able to handle the physicality of Bienek and Worthington. 

Will things get better with O'Bierne or am I kidding myself?  A bit worrying if we're getting physically dominated with a full strength pack.  

Fair point Lefty. The pack on the whole was holding its own towards the end of the SL season. I wonder whether they are having to do more work to cover the deficiencies & inexperience in the rest of the squad & that's impacting on their main task. Or we could of course just be pants. 

The good thing is the French season is coming to its conclusion and the takeover got pushed back a month, so there’s at least a little bit of hope that with the takeover, a handful of incoming players will follow and the team should improve off the back of that. 

The good thing is the French season is coming to its conclusion and the takeover got pushed back a month, so there’s at least a little bit of hope that with the takeover, a handful of incoming players will follow and the team should improve off the back of that.