Me too

It all depends who Wakefield don`t want. (HENCE A FARCE)

We've known that all season though , nothing has changed, and to be fair they are wakey players. My thoughts on dual reg, ive put down before, i will say we have benefited . And will continue to do so for rest pf the season. Starting with a win against barrow on Sunday.

BIG Match Preview

Doncaster Rugby League Club play the first of two consecutive home games this Sunday when they take on Barrow Raiders in the Kingstone Press Championship at the Keepmoat Stadium (3:00pm kick-off).

Doncaster's head coach Tony Miller will be aiming for a hat-trick of wins after steering his side to victories over both Batley Bulldogs and Hunslet Hawks in the last fortnight. Miller's side could move into the top eight on Sunday if other results go in their favour.

The Dons will be looking to field the same side that beat Batley with Danny Cowling and Liam Kay available from Wakefield once more. Kyle Trout featured in Friday night's West Yorkshire Derby against Leeds and is therefore unavailable.

The fans and supporters of Doncaster will be hoping for more of the same after last week's unexpected demolition of Batley at Mount Pleasant. Miller said: "We were very impressive against the Bulldogs last week and everybody worked hard for one another.

"Our forward pack provided a great platform for our half backs to control and influence the game and I thought we were worthy winners on the afternoon.

"Barrow will see this as a must win game given their current league position and will look to make things difficult for us from the very first minute.

"They have some good players within their squad and are led well by their captain Liam Harrison who is a quality back rower.

"It's important that we keep our composure and back up last week's win with another good performance and look to keep this momentum going."

Barrow Raiders head coach Darren Holt will give late fitness tests to Kurt Haggerty (wrist) and Dan Toal (head), and is hopeful both will be cleared for action at the Keepmoat Stadium.

But Holt has sent out a warning message to his troops, despite last week's 28-26 win over Hunslet and said: "There are some players who have just done the wrong things at the wrong time and that can't keep happening.

"They either learn from their mistakes, or they simply won't be playing. It has to be that way from here on in."

"If we ever manage to get an 80-minute performance on the pitch, then I feel sorry for whoever we are playing against."

#COYD

Match Day Sponsor:

Dons Advisory Group - the club would like to thank our sponsors for their kind and continued support.

Match Day Admission:

Polite notice: please purchase your match day ticket from the stadium's ticket office before entering the turnstiles.

Adults £15, concessions £12, juniors (5-16) £3 and under 5's go free. Call the ticket office on 01302 762576 if you require more information.

Last Five Meetings:

10th February 2013: Doncaster RLFC win 14-4 at Craven Park
30th September 2012: Doncaster RLFC win 16-13 at Halliwell Jones Stadium
16th September 2012: Barrow Raiders win 22-20 at Keepmoat Stadium
15th July 2012: Doncaster RLFC win 28-24 at Keepmoat Stadium
18th March 2012: Barrow Raiders win 25-8 at Craven Park

Referee:

C Leatherbarrow

And welcome to the forum

Cheers!

Dons asked to concede 14 points on the Handicap Betting.

Top win.
Wasn't there, on hols.
There were some dodgy results today ....
My mate thinks the sport is bent.
I don't by the way.
But I can see why he thinks that way.

Good win today , but very concerned re the attendance.

brilliant win by the lads

Yes a good win today. Very good defence. What won us the game was the first 20 minutes. However I was concerned by the way we dropped off in the second half. Looked some veey tired players.

Indeed on both counts ... commented during the game that crowds of that level have to be a major concern.

Game was won , dropped off a bit but did enough to keep what looked a disinterested Barrow at bay. agree on attendance

So, just what was the attendance?

560.

Taster... Danny Cowlings try.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfznxleE9tA

Taster... Danny Cowlings try.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfznxleE9tA

Nice Paul Cooke pass by Mike Kelly , a much improved player this season.

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League weekly this morning seem to suggest it was a balanced affair...

With the odd exception of a couple of nice moves from Barrow, the game was completely bossed by the Dons.

More physical and more organised.

Match rating was only 2/5.....plus they also said it was Butts that broke for first try not Kelly.

Every player was fired up and when a mistake was made it was quickly made up for..

Back to firing each other up etc...

It appears that many of the lads have been to the Edwards / Kez school of tackling over last 2 weeks.

The first try alone was worth the entry fee.

A match rating of 2/5 seemed rather harsh.

I suppose from the point of view of a neutral the game lost quite a lot of interest when the Dons went so far in front early on.

Grant Edwards tackling is nothing short of brilliant. He knows the big guys can't run when he takes their legs away!

I thought Stu Sanderson epitomized the effort put in by the team. He's never going to be the biggest or the fastest but he's certainly a very good lad to have on your team.

I thought it was an enjoyable game to watch and quite easy on the skipping heartbeats as the Dons always seemed destined to win.

Kes and grants attitude to defence really gets the team fired up. Some of Kyles big hits were sensational. Barrow never looked like scoring again we always had them on back foot. Good team performance yet again!

The highlights..

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well done to you guys, I listened on the radio but missed the 1st few minutes and we were already 12-0 down..guess we left any gameplan and defence on the team bus lol.

Poor poor crowd, seems a shame with such a superb stadium ?

Lee

Cheers Lee.

The crowd issue has sparked some good debate on another thread. It is a big concern to us.

I thought your boys tried hard after going so far behind initially but it seemed like one of those days where little things went wrong for you on a number of occasions and you couldn't quite get your A game going.

Good luck for the rest of the season.

Thanks mate I think we will need a little more than luck