London Broncos Women are the women's rugby league team of London Broncos. They play their home matches at Hazelwood in south-west London, England. The team was established in 2021 and initially competed in the Super League South and then its successor competition, the Women's Southern Championship, in 2024. In December 2024, it was announced that the club would join the Northern Championship. The team, which was originally known as London Broncos Ladies, changed its name to London Broncos Women in April 2025.
In 2021, London Broncos formed a women's team to take part the inaugural season of the RFL Women's Super League South. The played in the opening fixture of the competition, winning 20âÂÂ12 against the with Courtney Treco scoring the first try for the Broncos. London went on to reach the play-offs, but lost 38âÂÂ20 to Cardiff Demons in the semi-finals.
In 2022, the Broncos went unbeaten throughout the regular season to finish top of the table. Results included a team record win of 104âÂÂ0 over Oxford Cavaliers. London qualified for their first final with a 44âÂÂ6 semi-final win against , but then lost 34âÂÂ4 to Cardiff in the Grand Final. Following the 2022 season, Lauren Mueller was selected to represent at the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup.
In February 2023, four of the Broncos first team players were selected for the England Community Lions and the Broncos took part in the Women's Challenge Cup for the first time where they faced the cup holders, , in their opening group match losing 76âÂÂ0. Although they did not advance from the group stage, they recorded their first victory in the cup with a 40âÂÂ4 win over . In the league, London finished second in the table having lost only once in the regular season; 8âÂÂ10 to Cardiff. They won their semi-final 22âÂÂ12 against Army RL to set up a rematch of the 2022 Grand Final. On 27 August, London Broncos defeated Cardiff 22âÂÂ10 to take the 2023 Women's Super League South title.
In the 2024 season, London qualified for Challenge Cup through having been a finalist in their 2023 league campaign. In a repeat of the 2023 competition, they were drawn against St Helens in their opening match and exited the competition at the group stage. Following the restructuring of the women's league pyramid the Super League South became the Southern Women's Championship. As a tier two competition this offered an opportunity for promotion to the Super League via a National Championship final and a promotion/relegation play-off. On 7 September, London defeated Cardiff 28âÂÂ8 in the Grand Final of the Southern Championship to qualify for the National Championship final. The final was played on 29 September at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Their opponents, , scored a late try to win the match 22âÂÂ18.
In December 2024, the Rugby Football League announced a restructuring of the league system which would see the club transferred to an expanded Northern Championship in the 2025 season. In April 2025, the team changed its name from London Broncos Ladies to London Broncos Women. In the 2025 season, they reached the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup and finished top of the Northern Championship but lost 20âÂÂ10 to in the Grand Final.
In November 2025, Broncos Women announced Hazelwood in Sunbury-on-Thames as their new ground for 2026. The move coincided with the menâÂÂs professional club taking over the facilities which had been vacated by professional rugby union side London Irish who are currently in administration.
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Players who earned international caps while playing for London Broncos: