{"id":415303,"date":"2026-02-08T22:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415303\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T22:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:40:10","slug":"london-broncos-signing-in-hospital-as-jason-demetrious-side-end-with-12-men-due-to-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415303\/","title":{"rendered":"London Broncos signing in hospital as Jason Demetriou’s side end with 12 men due to injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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London Broncos suffered terrible injury luck in their Challenge Cup loss to Bradford Bulls with head coach Jason Demetriou revealing one player has headed to hospital after the match.<\/p>\n

Despite leading 8-4 at half-time, London eventually lost 26-8<\/a> but a large part of that came down to the fact that they were without any interchanges after just half an hour and then went down to twelve for the final 30 minutes, all due to injury.<\/p>\n

Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Dean Hawkins were just two of those players that London lost to injury but speaking post-match to the BBC, Demetriou revealed that centre Alex Max had been taken to hospital on account of his injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest concern at the moment is Alex Max who has just been taken to hospital so we need to get a check on him and see how he is,\u201d he said, whilst also revealing how hard the injuries hit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had no interchange after about 30 minutes. We lost four players in the first half, your starting front row, your captain, your half-back, your back-rower and then we lose another one just after half time to go down to 12 men.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cNever seen anything like it\u201d \u2013 London Broncos boss shocked by injury luck<\/p>\n

On playing a man down, Demetriou said:\u00a0\u201cI think we played for 30 minutes with 12 men but I\u2019m just so impressed and proud of our effort and the way we fought hard. From 16-8 there were a couple of chances where we could have gone to 16-14 but a lot of credit to Bradford, they did well to get their win.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tough enough losing one player, let alone losing five with four in the first half. I\u2019ve never seen anything like it to be honest but that happens sometimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just proud of the way the guys adapted and found a way to keep turning up. Some of our efforts to turn Bradford away with 12 men was impressive. We\u2019ll get a hell of a lot out of that game and as I said to the players, if that\u2019s in our DNA then we\u2019re heading in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for how this will impact his side going forward, Demetriou welcomed the bye week that the Broncos have but he also underlined how much he has learnt about his side.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe\u2019ve got good depth in our squad, there are players who will come in and do their job but we\u2019ve got a week off next week so that will come at the right time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the feeling that they were a tight group but what they\u2019ve produced today shows just how tight they are. They were filthy after the game, absolutely filthy that they didn\u2019t get the win and that\u2019s a good mindset to have.\u201d<\/p>\n

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