Loftus Road Stadium
London (Shepherd's Bush), Greater London, England
Loftus Road Stadium, London (Shepherd's Bush), England — opened 1904, 2 rugby league games hosted, home of Queens Park Rangers F.C. (football), 1917-present; no rugby league club was ever tenant, and no connection to the London-based rugby league club London Broncos, who play elsewhere.
Sourcing caveat: Both matches are well corroborated by Rugby League Project's own match ledger, matching our recorded games count, date range and top crowd exactly.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1904 (Queens Park Rangers F.C. has played at Loftus Road since 1917 (on a site used for various sports since 1904); the ground's rugby league use came decades later as a one-off neutral hire, unconnected to any football tenancy.) |
| Home club | Queens Park Rangers F.C. (football), 1917-present; no rugby league club was ever tenant, and no connection to the London-based rugby league club London Broncos, who play elsewhere |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 2 |
| Top recorded crowd | 16,752 |
| Capacity | 18,439 today (all-seated) |
| Test matches hosted | 2 |
| Surface | grass |
| First rugby league match | 23 October 2004 — Australia 32-12 New Zealand, 2004 Tri-Nations (attendance 16,752, our recorded top crowd) |
| Years used | 2004–2005 |
| Location | London (Shepherd's Bush), Greater London |
Name history
- Loftus Road Stadium — 1917–present as QPR's home; no other name found for the rugby league era
Rugby league history
Loftus Road hosted two Tri-Nations Test matches in successive tournament years, 2004 and 2005, part of the competition's use of a range of London and other English stadiums beyond rugby league's traditional northern strongholds to grow the international game's exposure in the capital. Both fixtures involved New Zealand, who won on both occasions. Beyond these two Tests, the ground's identity is entirely as the home of Queens Park Rangers Football Club.
The long-standing home of Queens Park Rangers F.C. (football), 1917-present.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 23 October 2004 — Australia 32-12 New Zealand, 2004 Tri-Nations (16,752)
- 29 October 2005 — Great Britain 26-42 New Zealand, 2005 Tri-Nations (15,568)
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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