Dons go thro to next round v Gateshead but there is to be a full investigation into crowd disturbance at the Keepmaoat.

As per Teletext

Just been on Radio 5 live too.

also as per RFL www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/home/n ... p?id=13341

also as per RFL www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/home/n ... p?id=13341

and per club website www.doncasterrlfc.com/cms/news.p ... =244&sub=0

and per club website www.doncasterrlfc.com/cms/news.p ... =244&sub=0

Yo Dons!
It's a shame that.......because Queens were going on to win... FACT.
Ask any Queens supporter.
I demand an appeal.

So we're exonerated, it would seem. Excellent!

Not sure we're exonerated (yet) as there is still to be a full enquiry. We are however at home to Gateshead a week on Sunday.

good to hear. Let's hope theres more serious consequences for queens, they've been getting away with it for years, now its time to throw the book at them!!

The Dons haven't yet been exonerated as the RFL are still collecting evidence of the incident, the decision to award the Dons the game was probably arrived at because the game had been played more than 60 mins,it would have been very interesting if Queens had been in front when the game was abandoned

Geoff makes a good point, perhaps its a good job we were in front at the time. I have an horrible feeling that we will still get some blame for Saturday even though anyone who actually attended are acutely aware of the culprits. Its the first time we were reluctant to sing so as not to antagonise an already volatile situation. The Queens so called fans were always looking for trouble right from the off, i was in the Beefeater at Lakeside about an hour prior to kick off and was listening to a group of approx 6 Queens fans remenicing about a number of their former conquests. I knew at that point there was likely to be a few problems, never did i think it would be so extreme, if i had i may well have made my exit and gone home.

COYD.

It's obvious to anyone who attended that the Dons fans kicked this off as soon as 60 minutes had been reached and we were in the lead.
It was the only way we were going to win.....ask any Queens fan.

I pretty sure if we had a case to answer both Dons and Queens would
have been thrown out of the competition and Gateshead would have a bye.

The fact that we have been allowed to play on should give us hope.

Imagine the controvosy if we win the CC.

The Dons were very fortunate to be in an undeserved lead at 60mins

Edited

You are right but they were begining to tire and I think with another
19 mins to play we would have scored another 2 or 3 tries, maybe
more, and would have won comfortably.

Hence the, "it would seem" , in my statement but it looks better than it did 24 hours ago nevertheless.

Who was playing the better is totally immaterial to who goes through.

Well said SO and I know you would have said exactly the same thing had you been a point behind with 20 minutes to go

I think that should be the case.....however if it can be shown that a set of fans stopped a game when they were leading then that would be a dangerous precedent.
So in this case I think that Queens would still not have gone through despite leading....if they had been.
And the fact that they have allowed Doncaster to progress so early in the enquiry process would seem to suggest that the RFL don't think it to be the Dons fans fault.
I may be wrong.

I still think the Dons will receive a fine that may be suspended for 1or2 yrs

The Stadium security isn't the responsibility of the Dons is it? The Stadium is a separate company? Surely it would be very unfair to fine the Dons?

I don't think the game is for another 3 weeks..April 5th I think.

Correct.

Oh yeah...I assumed it was a week on Sunday too...but that appears to be our bye week