Well a chance to beat a top 2 side. We no doubt are underdogs.
What a difference Howden made against Hunslet along with Cross who put some good passes out to his centres/wings.

We have to sort out the ********** out , we cannot let Toulouse have as much ball as we did Hunslet who we should have beat by a greater margin .

There were a lot of positives so may be we can push them (Toulouse) all the way.

COYD

Broken record time- depends IMO on who will/can play at 6 7 9 13. Oh and as Weighman says the good old penalty count.

Promise not going to mention it again this week , concentrate on the positives !

Mason Tonks is a doubt after the concussion he suffered v Hunslet .

COYD

The Dons need 7 points from their last 5 games to mathmatically be guaranteed a top five finish.

That will be reduced to 5 points if Hunslet fail to beat Toulouse. It will be reduced further if Hunslet don't win away to Barrow and away to York. I would imagine two wins in our remaining games will be good enough for a play-off place.

Unless we can overhaul Rochdale and Barrow, it looks like an away trip to one of those two in the play-off semi-final. Rochdale need 4 points from their 4 remaining games to be assured of being in front of us. We've more chance of catching Barrow but they seem to have hit a good run of form at the moment.

I really fancied York today but Barrow are hitting form at the right time. I can't see them dropping any points until they face Toulouse tho' the Hornets still look favourites for second place.

I wonder if York were still feeling the effects of last weekend's game against Toulouse? Even though Barrow turned us over last week, I was still surprised to see them beat York by 14 points.

We've played five games against teams in the top five this season, winning one and losing four. We need to prove that not only can we be competitive against these sides, we need to start to prove we're able to beat them.

Could get a good crowd with possibly some old supporters turning up

Well ther will definitely be at least one more for the game. Can anyone recommend a good boozer for some decent pub-grub near the Keepmoat ??

Hedges (suspended), Braham, Foster & Tali (injured) all missing.

The three injured players might all be out for the rest of the season.

Any news re Mike Kelly ?
Think brad England was at Hunslet is he available?

COYD

I will if you will Harry

Mind you it depends on how you define old

well, for the first time in a long long time Im actually looking forward to a game, after the last result there is a tiny spark of hope in my heart. this will be by far our biggest test in a pretty dire (fixture wise) season if we can field the same side as last friday and they are 100% fit then who knows. The team /coach and management have had some flack this season (most of it justified) so this week lets put on a good display try and convince the last few loyal fans that we can play some rugby and maybe a few of the disheartened fans may bring themselves back into the fold.

Lets hope you are correct Harworthdon .

The other weekend games are:

Keighley v Skolars
Rochdale v York
Barrow v Hunslet

The table:

1 Toulouse 16 15 1 0 788 204 31
2 Rochdale 17 14 1 2 615 318 29
3 Barrow 17 12 1 4 623 283 25
4 Doncaster 16 11 0 5 547 368 22
5 York 16 10 1 5 504 322 21
6 Hunslet 17 10 0 7 455 444 20
7 Keighley 17 9 0 8 536 444 18
8 Skolars 16 8 0 8 408 444 16

I think it's probably better for us if York lose to Rochdale as we're not likely to catch Rochdale.

Yes and a very big hopefully, hunslet can get something at barrow but doubt it they are the form team at the minute after Toulouse.

I don't think anyone really expects us to win, though we are capable of it. If we can keep our heads and improve our defensive lapses, we will give them a game, otherwise it could be another bad day against a side above us.

the Cheswold,near the Vue cinema is quite good for food,plus a Frankie and Bennys just 100 yds further on.you can park free and its a ten minute strole to the stadium round the lake.

Thanks mate. I noticed there is a fish & chip shop not far away either. Is there decent parking at the stadium ? Is it free parking ?

There'll be plenty of room in the stadium car park. It was £4 when I last used it.

The best nearby fish and chip shop is called Whitby's, just over the road from the main racecourse grandstand, about 5 minutes drive from the stadium. If you've got a Sat Nav the post code is DN2 6DR, on Leger Way. They have a restaurant and a take away. They have a car park too.

There should be ample free car parking spaces around the lake near the stadium if you get there at least half an hour before the kick-off.

Have a safe trip! I hope you enjoy your time in Doncaster!

£4 in car park, free around the lake.

COYD

Thanks for the info. Haven't been to Donny since the '80s and the mudbath of Tattersfield though I did have the misfortune to visit Goole in about 2001 !

sanjunien I M O fish bits on carr house road is a better fish restaurant

ok, cheers wahs

I don't miss much about England living in France but you can't beat
'real' fish 'n chips !!

Looks like you can have fish and chips before the match and fish and chips again after the match. You'll have to try both and let us know which you prefer!

Sounds good to me DM ! Just been speaking to a mate in Snaith. I'm going up to see him sunday morning and he reckons the Snaith Chippy & Bistro serves the best F & C in the country ! Don't know if they're open on a sunday tho'.

It'll be interesting to see the Toulouse squad later. They had a few injuries after the York game so the 17 may include some kids.