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| London Broncos replace head coach Tony Rea with assistant Joe Grima | London Broncos replace head coach Tony Rea with assistant Joe Grima |
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| London Broncos have announced that Tony Rea will leave his role as head coach with immediate effect, to be replaced by Joe Grima. | London Broncos have announced that Tony Rea will leave his role as head coach with immediate effect, to be replaced by Joe Grima. |
| Rea, who has had a long association with the club, returned to coach the side for the second time in 2012, taking over from Rob Powell. However, the past few months have been turbulent for the Broncos, who lost most of their playing squad from last season and faced a future of uncertainty until they eventually secured a future at Barnet FC's ground, the Hive. | Rea, who has had a long association with the club, returned to coach the side for the second time in 2012, taking over from Rob Powell. However, the past few months have been turbulent for the Broncos, who lost most of their playing squad from last season and faced a future of uncertainty until they eventually secured a future at Barnet FC's ground, the Hive. |
| While the squad has been rebuilt, the team have lost their opening 11 Super League fixtures and are bottom of the table, after Bradford cleared their six-point deficit for entering administration. Rea is passing on control to his assistant, Grima, who will be in charge for the rest of this season and the 2015 campaign. "Tony was instrumental in saving the club. In hindsight maybe it was far too late but we did save the club," said David Hughes, the Broncos chairman. "So it's a big thank you to him for assembling the squad and putting us in a position to go forward. | |
| "We're about halfway through our season and it was always intended that Joey would take over as head coach towards the end of this year and certainly for next year. He has agreed to do that." | "We're about halfway through our season and it was always intended that Joey would take over as head coach towards the end of this year and certainly for next year. He has agreed to do that." |