Why Darren Lockyer is buying into London Broncos: 'We're rebuilding from scratch'

Rugby league all-time great wants to return Super League action to the capital – and bring NRL stars along for the ride

The latest chapter in the London Broncos story came to a low-key end on Sunday afternoon with a Championship victory in Widnes, but if the men now tasked with reviving one of rugby league's most turbulent clubs have their way, there will be no more days that sombre again.

It is to the immense credit of a handful of individuals that professional rugby league is still alive in London at all. Last winter, when the club's longstanding owner David Hughes announced he was stepping away, it was left to the likes of head coach Mike Eccles to get them through a winter of huge discontent, with finances almost at breaking point.