Match Report – Hull 4 – 29 London

Tries from Josh Rourke, Oli Leyland and Jack Campagnolo against Hull FC helped the London Broncos to their third victory of the Super League season; watch every match of Magic Weekend 2024 live on Sky Sports Action on Saturday August 17 and Sunday August 18

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Josh Rourke’s incredible offload keeps the ball alive to extend London Broncos’ lead against Hull FC with a Jack Campagnolo try

London Broncos showed their style to claim a famous 29-4 victory over Hull FC in the opening match of Magic Weekend 2024 at Elland Road.

The Broncos took a 12-4 lead in at the break, converted tries from Josh Rourke and Jack Campagnolo only being answered by an unconverted Lewis Martin effort for Hull FC.

A close third quarter saw the Broncos opt for points through the boot of Oli Leyland, the scrum-half adding two penalties and a drop goal, before Josh Rourke jumped highest to add another try and Leyland himself went over, the 29-4 scoreline giving London just their third win of the season and second over Hull FC.

The victory for the Broncos moves them level on six points with Hull FC at the bottom of the table but they stay in 12th due to points difference.

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London Broncos full-back Josh Rourke goes over for the first try of Magic Weekend

Story of the game

Opening the weekend of action, Super League’s two bottom-placed sides were engaged in a battle for pride, the aim being to avoid the wooden spoon come the end of the season.

After a series of errors from both sides, the Broncos started to look fluid in attack and made it count, Rourke throwing the dummy and barrelling over as his side went 6-0 up within the first 10 minutes.

However, it was not long until the Black and Whites hit back as, just five minutes later, Morgan Smith sent a lovely chip to the corner for Martin to pounce on and score, the missed conversion putting them 6-4 behind.

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Lewis Martin goes over for Hull FC against London Broncos via a clever grubber from team-mate Morgan Smith

As the arm wrestle ensued, chances came and went for both teams before the Broncos finally took their moment, starting with an audacious one-handed offload from Rourke to Hakim Miloudi, the winger then sending it onto Campagnolo to go over, with Leyland adding the extras to give them a 12-4 lead at half-time.

The first points of the second half went the way of the Broncos when they were awarded a penalty and opted to kick for goal, Leyland slotting it over to increase their advantage to 14-4.

The game then started to get scrappy as poor handling crept in, another penalty for the Broncos with just under 20 minutes remaining taking them 16-4 up and putting them firmly in control.

With a big victory in sight and just eight minutes remaining, Leyland then slotted over the drop goal but their scoring was not done there, Rourke jumping highest to collect the high kick and diving over the line much to the delight of the crowd, Leyland once again converting for a 23-4 lead.

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Josh Rourke out-jumps Jack Charles to seal a famous victory for London Broncos over Hull FC

Leyland then wanted to get in on the try-scoring action too, his support run for a breaking Emmanuel Waine seeing him cross the whitewash and convert to bring the scoreline to a healthy 29-4.

Things only went from bad to worse for Hull FC, the sin-binning of Denive Balmforth in the final seconds for a late hit summing up their day.

With the final hooter, the crowd erupted in cheers as fans from across Super League delighted in the Broncos enjoying their Magic Weekend.

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