Some interesting results today.

Keighley 35 - 6 Dewsbury and Oldham 24 - 20 Halifax

Stand out but Hunslet 12-62 Featherston and North Wales Crusaders 12-40 Swinton are also Hunslet and North Wales were in the play offs with us last year too.

Not sure whether we can look at the first 2 results and see there being less difference between the two leagues than one would think or look at the last two and conclude the opposite.

Match Report

[urlhttps://www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/article/1628/report-%7C-midlands-4-dons-40[/url

Kind of reads like Midlands put their all into the start then fell away as we started going up the gears.

Pauli got a yellow for a late hit and it was during that period they scored their only try so they didn't get anything against 13.

Also reads like a lot of the final passes weren't coming off in the first half so still a lot of improvement for us.

We'll just have to see how we do against Sheffield and then over a month off to work on things

[urlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIwuNUX478A[/url

Post match interview from Horne

We looked good in defense only conceding one try in the corner when we where down to 12.

Forwards looked strong and carried hard while Hall looked composed in the fullback roll.

Very happy with our first competitive hit out , hopefully not many injuries however Midland look to have recruited well and will shock a few sides if they play like they did today.

Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjdkdCfmSOw

Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjdkdCfmSOw