{"id":34612,"date":"2026-05-12T12:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34612\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:26:17","slug":"london-broncos-get-fresh-investment-and-eye-consortium-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34612\/","title":{"rendered":"London Broncos get fresh investment and eye consortium expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tTuesday 12 May 2026 1:11 pm<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Updated:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tTuesday 12 May 2026 1:12 pm\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"742\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1734851754-e1778587723704.jpg\" class=\"media \" alt=\"Without the article title or content, its challenging to generate specific alt text. If you provide more context or detail...\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\"  \/>\t\tLondon Broncos have secured fresh investment into the rugby league side\t<\/p>\n<p>London Broncos have secured fresh investment into the rugby league side as their Australian owners plan further consortium members.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane-based property mogul Andrew Gray has joined the club\u2019s ownership as part of the 90 per cent held by a group of Australian investors fronted by former NRL legend Darren Lockyer.<\/p>\n<p>The fresh injection comes as London Broncos \u2013 the only major English rugby league team in the south \u2013 push for promotion to the Super League.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s reported that the top top flight is unlikely to favour expanding further to 15 teams to accommodate the London club, who play their home matches at AFC Wimbledon\u2019s Cherry Red Records Stadium, so beating Super League teams in the controversial IMG points ranking has become paramount.<\/p>\n<p>City AM understands that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/exclusive-london-broncos-back-nrl-to-invest-in-super-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">London Broncos<\/a> will look to add to their consortium membership over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining 10 per cent is still held by former Leeds Rhinos chief Gary Hetherington.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh London Broncos investment<\/p>\n<p>Gray said: \u201cWhen the opportunity arose to join Grant [Wechsel] and Darren as part of the ownership group of the London Broncos, it was something I couldn\u2019t turn down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKnowing Grant and Darren\u2019s long-term vision for the club and their passion to put rugby league back on the map in London is something I\u2019m honoured to be part of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the hard work they have already put into building the club to where it is today. I\u2019m proud to go on this journey with them and excited for the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>London Broncos could be in a unique position next season, with their Australian links overlapping with the proposed investment into Super League by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NRL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Should a deal be done it is likely that the club will leverage their connections to Australia and Lockyer\u2019s past with the Brisbane Broncos franchise to exploit commercial opportunities, while the club\u2019s links with Papua New Guinea come ahead of a new NRL team from the Pacific region being set up for 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/exclusive-london-broncos-shelve-plans-for-match-at-twickenham-stoop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Exclusive: London Broncos shelve plans for match at Twickenham Stoop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\tSimilarly tagged content: <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSections\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCategories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPeople &amp; Organisations\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tRelated Topics\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday 12 May 2026 1:11 pm \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Updated:\u00a0 Tuesday 12 May 2026 1:12 pm London Broncos have secured fresh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[16091,633,27,5093,18,16092,4698,5091,771,1507,16093],"class_list":{"0":"post-34612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-brisbane-broncos","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-london","11":"tag-london-broncos","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-nrl","14":"tag-rugby","15":"tag-rugby-league","16":"tag-sport","17":"tag-sport-business","18":"tag-super-league"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116561601044401188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}