Will be coming over Sunday (by car), do we still need to get tickets
from the ticket office before going through the turnstiles?

If so, what time does the ticket office open?

Thanks

Hope to see a few knights fans on Sunday & yes you need to get a ticket from the ticket office.

Does anyone know how Liam Cunningham is coming on with his injury.
i think we miss his running on the edge, hope he's not far off returning.
COYD

don't forget everyone fetch a new supporter this week.
cheap at half the price!

I doubt that the crowd will be any more than around 750ish.

Big Match Preview

York City Knights are this weekend's visitors to the Keepmoat Stadium which has been billed as a must win game for the Dons. This Kingstone Press Championship round 8 game has a 3:00pm kick-off on Sunday.

Dons' head coach Tony Miller looks set to welcome back club skipper Kyle Kesik whilst Danny Cowling and Kyle Trout (Wakefield dual registration players) are both in contention for a place in Miller's 18 man squad. Liam Kay of Wakefield is also available for selection after playing at Swinton last week.

Miller has added another loan player to his injury hit squad with Ben Blackmore of Huddersfield Giants who joins on an initial month long deal. 20 year-old Blackmore is a physically imposing winger who stands at 6' 2" and weighs in at 100kg. The former Castleford Tigers flyer has Super League experience and joins team mate Josh Johnson at the Dons.

On the injury front, Lee Waterman looks set to miss out against his former club with a groin strain and Mark Castle's chances of a comeback is rated at 50/50. Carl Hughes aggravated a pectoral injury at Swinton and will be out for approximately six weeks. Mick Butterfield will slot into his usual role as the Dons full back.

Matt Carbutt could return to action in a month's time after tearing a knee ligament but Liam Cunningham's season looks to be over after a scan revealed significant damage to his shoulder injury. 23 year-old Cunningham now needs surgery to correct the injury he sustained in the club's opening league game of the season against Dewsbury.

Miller said: "We've got a busy Easter period coming up and I've tried to bulk up the squad in readiness for our forthcoming fixtures against Sheffield and Halifax which will both be very tough games.

"Some players will be rested this weekend and I will do my best to keep the squad fit and healthy as we look ahead to those two games in just four days."

The Dons fell to a 14-6 defeat against Swinton last time out and Miller is determined to get his team back to winning ways. He said: "I thought we defended really well last week but we need to be more clinical in attack and take our chances when presented to us.

"The boys have shown plenty of effort and enthusiasm in the last couple of games but we just need to play that bit smarter and get back on track with a good win on Sunday.

"York had an off day last weekend against Keighley but we won't underestimate them as they're a good side who have some quality players throughout their squad."

York's head coach Gary Thornton has doubts over James Ford and Simon Brown, while Adam Sullivan (knee) faces two weeks on the side-lines.

Thornton is resolute to bounce back from last week's 34-0 defeat at Keighley Cougars and said: "We've reviewed it to death and we've put it to bed now. I'm hoping it was just a blip and we can recover from it.

"We definitely require some kind of reaction, because I'm really disappointed with how things panned out.

"The Keepmoat Stadium is a big pitch, so we'll try to get it wide and attack on the fringes.

"It's a different challenge to playing at home or at Keighley - it's a nice open pitch, so it'll be good to get out there and try to play some good rugby."

Austin Bell looks set to return to the Knights' squad after a recent bout of illness and Nathan Freer has re-signed to the club after playing rugby union for Bishop Burton College which was a part of his student scholarship.

Former Dons prop forward Fran Welsh is currently at York on trial and played for their under 20's on Thursday night against a Featherstone side who won the game 52-26.

It promises to be a great afternoon of top quality rugby league and don't forget that season pass holders can bring a friend for just £5.

We're also launching our new match day magazine at the game (#COYD) which has an extra eight pages of content for the same price (£2). Don't miss this one whatever you do - come on you Dons!

Match Day Sponsors:

Main match sponsor: Corsan (Northern) Ltd, Match ball sponsor: Full Effex Security

The club would like to thank our sponsors for their kind support.

Previous Five Meetings:

19th February 2012: York City Knights win 29-18 at Keepmoat Stadium
4th July 2010: York City Knights win 32-16 at Huntington Stadium
28th March 2010: Doncaster RLFC win 40-24 at Keepmoat Stadium
15th August 2008: Doncaster RLFC win 34-32 at Keepmoat Stadium
5th May 2008: Doncaster RLFC win 25-14 at Huntington Stadium

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.

Referee:

M Thomason

Do you think the game will be on?.

No info as yet, but doesn't look promising

Shame about Liam Cunningham missing the season.

Yes he's not had much luck has he

Pitch inspection 10 30 tomorrow morning

its thawing and melting snow now, but just depends on what happens overnight & tomorrows temperatures.
we'll just have to keep our fingers crossed, hope it goes ahead.

The temperature is zero and where gritters haven't been the snow is not melting much.
The temperature tomorrow is forecast the same, with -1C/-2C overnight.
So unless there is human intervention, I would say the game won't go ahead.
Which is a bummer.

According to the BBC weather forecast we had the last of the snow . Temp -1.

If the game gets the green light Bet365 ask us to give up 10 points on the handicap betting.

Skybet make us 8-point favourites (10/11) and go just 4/11 the Dons in the match betting.

There 's only one winner tomorrow......the weather

Game off.

oh ek.

Today's game has been called off due to the freezing weather conditions

just when we might have been getting some new fans
my mate is gutted

An early decision on when this game might be replayed might be more to the point.
It won't be anytime soon- we have the Eagles on Friday and then at home on Monday to Halifax.
Following Saturday is South Wales and Thursday after that is Fev at home.
There is a gap of a fortnight plus to the Whitehaven game.

Dont forget the cup.

Still no new date for this fixture it would seem. I wonder if the Clubs are waiting to see how the next round of the CC goes?

Yes & may be the NRC also, could be some free weekends.

Both teams may be available 12th May.