Tony Miller might know

He will, but unfortunately he doesn't post on here.
Chunkster might know and he does post on here.

Gateshead FC v Bath Sat 3pm , match still on at 8am Sat

"Doncaster coach Tony Miller looks set to give a competitive debut to star signing Paul Cooke, the former Hull FC and Hull KR stand-off."

on the club website in the northern rail preview section, don't know if that helps you stand offish but ultimately the only way to know for certain will be to turn up and see - afterall at one point grant edwards was certain to play against sheffield in our friendly and we all know how that turned out.

Hope its on. See you all up there tomorow.

Weather a balmy 5 degrees in the North East at 3pm tomorrow.

Enjoy

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Gateshead v Bath City postponed at 2pm due to a frozen pitch.

Not sure where that leaves our fixture?

Just been informed Gateshead v Dons game off tomorrow.

bit premature considering its going to be a decent temperature up north, 6 degrees according to the weather so there will be no frost overnight

Welcome to the boards. Informed by who?

Gateshead football match is off so seems right

this is way way premature should have waited till morning they wont get as big a crowd for midweek game it GAME IS OFF

Game is definitely off due to a frozen pitch

What a disappointment!

The Dons Northern Rail Cup round one clash against Gateshead Thunder's has been postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Pitch temperatures in the north east are still not rising above freezing and with further frost due for this evening, it has been decided to postpone the match now to give both sets of fans plenty of notice.

The Dons will make an announcement when the fixture is to be played as soon as it is confirmed by both clubs.

they knew we would hammer them ha has jim royle would say frozen pitch my a@@e

We'll not be taking a coach up in midweek I should imagine, that's their loss.
Still, I would sooner the players not have to risk themselves.
It would have been a grand day out too.
I don't suppose I will be going up there now.

i still not convinced the game could not have been played today,grrrrr

Personally i think it was a sensible decision. Rugby league is a demanding game on the body anyway without adding adverse conditions to the mix.

Having played rugby in both extremes of weather, I'm more than inclined to agree.

Looks like game is rearranged for this wednesday

Noted that most of the games have been re arranged for Wednesday , but at the time the RL Express went to press our game hasnot been rearranged.

Nothing on either Official Site.

gateshead player told me the game is on wed .nice drive on a wed night....... not

The Dons Northern Rail Cup opener against Gateshead will now take place on Wednesday 15th February at the Gateshead International Stadium. The game will kick-off at 8.00pm.

All pre-purchased tickets are still valid, and prices are £10 for adults, £5 for concessions and under 12's are free.

Silly question, we are not running a coach are we?
No time to get there if folk are working etc etc .......
Hence little demand?

it will be a bummer to miss Paul Cooke's first game, but I'm not driving up there.