A welcome return to the Keepmoat Stadium and the visit of London Skolars, who although pushing Oldham all the way at the weekend, have recently dropped out of the play off positions.

After a couple of weeks off, the Dons return with reports that both Tom Halliday and Frankie Mariano may be considered for this fixture.

Last Season: Doncaster 38 London 6 (Sunday 12 August 201icon_cool.gif.
Dons Tries: Jason Tali, Richard Owen, Hakim Miloudi, Jack Logan 2, Connor Scott, Kyle Kesik.
Dons Conversions: Matty Beharrell 5.

The Captain misses this one and a fully recharged Russ Spiers should be back.

Connor Wynne facing a lengthy ban for punching in a reserve game.

Now if he had been playing for Toronto he would only have got 10 minutes ...

Weekend fixtures (with Position, Played, and Points info):

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Keighley (10th, Pld 16, Pts 5) v Hunslet (=#0000FF4th, Pld 16, Pts 20)

[uSunday[/u:

N Wales (8th, Pld 16, Pts 12) v Coventry (9th, Pld 16, Pts Eight)
Dons (=#0000FF5th, Pld 16, Pts 1icon_cool.gif v London (=#0000FF7th, Pld 17, Pts 15)
Oldham (=#0000FF3rd, Pld 16, Pts 22) v Newcastle (=#0000FF2nd, Pld 16, Pts 23)
Workington (=#0000FF6th, Pld 17, Pts 17) v W Wales (11th, Pld 17, Pts 2)

Sustained & repeated punching from young Mr Wynne . Oh & pretty hard too !

All part of the masterplan for the play-offs whereby we get no Hull players and get nowhere ...
Pessimism?
Let's see eh?

The RFL state it's a Grade E charge. The guidelines suggest a 4 to 8 game ban.

Does Buchanan qualify? Other FB options: Howden, Owen and Doherty (if Halliday's on wing)

Yes, if fit, made available and selected.

Connor Wynne has been given a five game ban.

Crikey, it must have been close to attempted murder to get a 5-match ban if the recent Warrington / Catalans punishments are anything to go by.

One rule for Challenge Cup finalists, another rule for the rest?

By my calculations he will be available for the game after we get knocked out of the play-offs.
Which is nice...

You don't think we'll win a play off game?

Hull reserves have games scheduled for 11th August, 29th August, 12th September, and 19th September. These are the last four games they're scheduled to play this season.

I wonder if the ban applies to all of these games plus one more at the start of next season as the incident took place in a reserves match?

Hull first team have five games left to play. The last of which is due to be played on 13th September.

It's hard to know which five games the ban will relate to!

I'll have a search around the RFL website and see if I can find any clarification on this....

I can find nothing on the RFL website detailing which games bans apply to. Typical, eh?!

No!

Keiran Buchanan, Danny Washbrook, and Jordan Lane are all in Hull's 19-man squad for their match at Wakefield this Sunday.

I can be a bit of a control freak at times .. I like being in control.
Now that is where the Dons are letting themselves down, there are too many variables involved, too many unknowns in their planning and preparations such that it is out of control and random and at the whim of the gods.
That is why we need to address two things as a matter of urgency and they are..
1 Ditch Hull and their part time coach.
2 Sort out the fixtures so we play ALL our home games at the Keepmoat.
Then we will have a degree of control, which only injuries can disrupt.
Until such time we are a joke club.
It's just a shame ... could be so much better, but try telling that to the powers that be and they will close ranks.
They will say that there is nothing that they can do.
I say bananas.
COYD

I don't see how we can say we are playing all our home games at the KM , I'm sure the club will do all they can to play as many as possible there but as it stands the remediation work to the pitch falls in the middle of our season and that wont change.


There are many factors to consider such as the away sides refusing to reverse fixtures and the lost revenue by having a chunk of games away from home. Also the loss of attendance due to no home rugby for up to eight weeks.

I'm also not a fan of traveling to Featherstone , but I'm sure the club have looked into all options to stage games closer to home.

no team news for Sunday yet either

Is it normally 7 pm it's posted?

It did used to be 3pm then got put back to 7pm.

Wakefield Res v Hull Res put back to next Wed.

Well name me another club that does this on a regular basis and I will listen ...
Otherwise I say we are doing it wrong and deserve the losses we might get.
Let's face it if we had won against Whitehaven and Newcastle we would be sitting pretty.
And there is nothing we can do?
I know what I can do!
If they refuse to sort this out for next season, I won't watch them!
And I mean it!
I refuse to support the wilfully stupid.
Enough is enough!
12 away games and 8 home games is a recipe for failure!

Stefanos Bastas, Matty Beharrell, Watson Boas (Loan), Connor Bower, Jack Brown (D/R), Rangi Chase, Matty Chrimes, Sam Doherty, Brandon Douglas, Brad Foster, Jordie Hedges, Evan Hodgson (Loan), Jordan Howden, Kyle Kesik, Frankie Mariano, Richie Owen, Connor Scott, Russ Spiers, Jason Tali.

Mariano and Douglas in the 19