London Broncos crush North Wales Crusaders 134-0 in record rout
London Broncos ran in 25 tries at Stadiwm CSM as North Wales Crusaders slumped to the worst loss ever seen in rugby league’s top two divisions.
North Wales Crusaders’ home defeat by London Broncos was not just lopsided, it was a flashing warning light for the second tier of rugby league. London won 134-0 at Stadiwm CSM in Colwyn Bay, scoring 25 tries and leading 58-6 at halftime in a result that set the biggest margin recorded by any side in the top two divisions of the sport.
Brandon Webster-Mansfield was central to the rout, scoring five tries and collecting player of the match honours as London stayed unbeaten and kept pace with their push toward next weekend’s 1895 Cup semi-final. The Broncos never had to ease off once they had seized control, and North Wales were left to absorb a scoreline that moved the discussion beyond one bad afternoon and toward the structure of the competition itself.
The defeat was 10 points short of rugby league’s all-time heaviest loss, York’s 144-0 win over North Wales Raiders in 2018, but it eclipsed every top-flight and second-tier margin since the game began in 1895. It was also the third time this Championship season that Crusaders had conceded 100 points or more, after a 106-18 loss to London earlier in 2026 and an 86-0 defeat by Salford. That pattern points to something deeper than a single mismatch: a club being asked to compete at a level where the gap in quality, depth and resilience is becoming impossible to hide.
North Wales reached the Championship by winning League One in 2025, but their move up has been shadowed by instability off the field. The club was saved from collapse in May 2026 after the Rugby Football League terminated its membership over insolvency concerns, before new owners, NW Rugby League 26 Limited, took over and the side was handed a 12-point deduction for the 2026 season. In that context, the 134-0 scoreline looks less like an outlier than the harshest expression of a club still fighting to find solid ground.
For London, the result underlined their strength and ambition. For the Championship, it raised harder questions about financial fragility, competitive balance and whether the sport can defend a product in which one side can ship 25 tries at home and still not be the only team carrying structural damage.
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