Win 'massive' for Broncos - Soward
Australian Jamie Soward repaid a chunk of his signing-on fee by helping London Broncos reach the semi-finals of the Tetley's Challenge Cup.
The New South Wales stand-off, signed as a short-term replacement for former captain Craig Gower, made his mark with a superb solo try on his third appearance as the Londoners beat Sheffield Eagles 29-10 in the first quarter-final at the Don Valley Stadium.
The Broncos ran in five tries to two to demonstrate the gulf in standards between the bottom of Super League and the top of the Kingstone Press Championship.
"It's massive for the club," Soward told Sky Sports.
"We're disappointed league-wise but I made it my mission to come and do something special in this club and get to Wembley. I'll have to learn the team song now."
The Broncos led only 10-4 at half-time but made sure of victory with two tries in quick succession from Shane Rodney and Rhodri Lloyd midway through the second half.
"We knew this would be tough and it was good to play like that in the second half," Soward added.
"We kicked well, chased well and the forwards laid the platform."
London coach Tony Rea was delighted with the contribution of Soward and said he was never worried over the outcome of the game.
"He was important out there," Rea said. "His game control and kicking was good and he stamped his class with a typical Jamie try.
"He's fitted in really well with the guys. He's got a lot of energy and they get a lot of confidence from playing with him.
"We had a fantastic attitude and our effort meant we were always going to win us the day.
"I'm very happy for the whole club. There are a lot of people who do great work and it's a great moment for them."
Sheffield, who were unbeaten since April Fool's Day, showed plenty of spirit but made too many handling errors to give themselves a realistic chance of replicating their heroics of 1998, when they went on to lift the trophy.
"They're gutted because we know we're better than that," coach Mark Aston said. "We didn't give ourselves a chance to show what we're about.
"We made six mistakes in the first six plays and it told in the end. We were fatigued and made poor decisions because we did too much defending.
"But I'm immensely proud of all 17 players out there. Defensively we were very very good, they put their bodies where they needed to do.
"At 10-4 at half-time, we still believed and probably the turning point was their try early in the second half when they scored from an offside position."
