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Renaming the capital club to bring them under the \u2018Broncos\u2019 tagline ahead of the 1994\/95 campaign, former Brisbane coach Gary Grienke would also take charge of the team.<\/p>\n
Businessman David Hughes eventually became involved in the club, with Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin group assuming ownership of\u00a0London\u00a0in 1997.<\/p>\n
But with Hughes having put the club up for sale at the end of a 2024 campaign which saw Mike Eccles\u2019 side relegated before a ball had been kicked thanks to IMG\u2019s gradings system, Brisbane are now in pole position to become the new owners oncemore.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s according to a report from Matt Hughes in\u00a0The Sun<\/em>, published on Sunday.<\/p>\n Hughes reports that other investors are also involved in the deal to take ownership, with \u2018multiple sources\u2019 detailing that the deal will be done by the end of the month.<\/p>\n If that proves correct, the new ownership will be in place for the beginning of the 2025\u00a0Championship\u00a0campaign \u2013 which begins for London with a trip to Bradford Bulls on February 16.<\/p>\n As was widely reported at the time, NRL chiefs held talks with their\u00a0Super League\u00a0equivalents last year about buying a stake in the European competition.<\/p>\n But while those talks seemingly haven\u2019t progressed, Brisbane appear to have taken the metaphorical bull by the horns with this investment into London.<\/p>\n Notably, the deal to take ownership involves a desire to keep London\u2019s home as the Cherry Red Records Stadium at Plough Lane, which is owned and shared at the moment with English Football League Two outfit AFC Wimbledon.<\/p>\n Renaming the capital club to bring them under the \u2018Broncos\u2019 tagline ahead of the 1994\/95 campaign, former Brisbane coach Gary Grienke would also take charge of the team.<\/p>\n Businessman David Hughes eventually became involved in the club, with Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin group assuming ownership of\u00a0London\u00a0in 1997.<\/p>\n But with Hughes having put the club up for sale at the end of a 2024 campaign which saw Mike Eccles\u2019 side relegated before a ball had been kicked thanks to IMG\u2019s gradings system, Brisbane are now in pole position to become the new owners oncemore.<\/p>\n That\u2019s according to a report from Matt Hughes in\u00a0The Sun<\/em>, published on Sunday.<\/p>\n Hughes reports that other investors are also involved in the deal to take ownership, with \u2018multiple sources\u2019 detailing that the deal will be done by the end of the month.<\/p>\n If that proves correct, the new ownership will be in place for the beginning of the 2025\u00a0Championship\u00a0campaign \u2013 which begins for London with a trip to Bradford Bulls on February 16.<\/p>\n As was widely reported at the time, NRL chiefs held talks with their\u00a0Super League\u00a0equivalents last year about buying a stake in the European competition.<\/p>\n But while those talks seemingly haven\u2019t progressed, Brisbane appear to have taken the metaphorical bull by the horns with this investment into London.<\/p>\n Notably, the deal to take ownership involves a desire to keep London\u2019s home as the Cherry Red Records Stadium at Plough Lane, which is owned and shared at the moment with English Football League Two outfit AFC Wimbledon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Renaming the capital club to bring them under the \u2018Broncos\u2019 tagline ahead of the 1994\/95 campaign, former Brisbane coach Gary Grienke would also take charge of the team. 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NRL club set to \u2018buy\u2019 London Broncos with identity revealed<\/h2>\n