Well i never, i think we may have a Dons team with some balls. We may not have the most skilled players but we do seem to have unearthed some passion, pride and bottle that was sadly missing against Gateshead. Tonight is why i come to watch the Dons, total underdogs but really gave it a go in the second half. I thought defensively we were superb, the Widnes tries were excellent and i think the top teams in this league would have struggled to stop at least 2 of them. It was also really good to see the lads pick their game up when the crowd got behind them. Can't really pick anyone out for special praise, just thought it was a really good effort with the basics being completed really well.

Well done to all the lads and thanks for restoring my faith.

Thought we were on for a drubbing at half time, but the whey they rolled their sleeves up second half was very pleasing to see. Massive effort for the last 25 mins cos we had no replacements and they must have been out on their feet. Good game, not a bad turn out and full praise for the Widnes turn out but boy oh boy you have to be on Valium to be a Vikings fan. Frustration in spades I would say. Once again well done to the lads for the effort, nothing wrong with the attitude for the second game in a row

Oh and who ever was responsible for getting Paul Handforth to the Keepmoat well done that person.

well done to all concerned tonight, Widnes didnt look owt special.

I agree very disappointed widnes fan once again.Bad recruitment of players once again mate.But well done to your team.We expect our team to be aiming for winning this league and we need new signings.

That was fantastic stuff in the second half. I also thought we were on a hiding to nothing tonight but the way the lads played tonight has given me
hope for the rest of the season. If we keep inproving (bearing in mind the players we have to come back) we should be ok in this division.

Tony Miller must have said some good stuff at half time. We won the 2nd
half 18 - 4.

Well done to Tony and the lads.

COYD.

That says it all..

I thoroughly enjoyed tonight's game....even though we lost.
Brilliant effort by the the team in defence and in forward attack.
Great to get a bonus point against a faster, slicker Widnes team.
I thought that we were hard done by by the officials in the first half.
Three examples were a Widnes player lashing out with his foot at the play the ball, a blatant forward pass on the half way line resulting in Widnes' third (?) try and Webster conning the ref with his chip and dive.

Anyway second half we were the biz.....superb effort....and the Donny supporters got behind the lads with singing and chanting and clapping.....like days of old...MAGIC!

4 points over Easter when we could have got none = RESULT!
[size=200COYD[/size
The [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/tables/6487527.stmtable.[/url
Where was Kyle Briggs?

Anybody know the attendance?

I admit when I'm wrong and I'm so happy to be able to say it.

I said to my lad yesterday afternoon that it would be a good result to keep them down to less than 50. At 20-0 at half-time, I wasn't looking forward to seeing it this morning. To get a bonus point off them is beyond my wildest dreams.

I'm even considering making the trip to Halifax on Sunday now!!

Restored my faith and made me proud to be a Don again.

Glad to hear that Paul Handforth is becoming the scrum half we need.

Were there some injury returnees yesterday?

Don't think there were any returnees, plus Briggs was also missing.

Attendance 831 according to Sky

Great effort by the boys last night.

We lost what in theory should be one of our more difficult home fixtures but we gave it a real go and achieved an excellent bonus point and that with a weakened team.

After the Gateshead debacle the response in the Easter fixtures has been fantastic and that's all we can ask for.

The Webster incident was the second half.

Works for both teams re: the officials. Sam Thompson had a try disallowed in the first half for offside when he wasn't. Scott Yates put the ball on the try line in the first couple of minutes to be told he was short, and the player who took the high bomb for your 3rd try was a yard offside, I was sat exactly level. All in all the officials made mistakes for both sides.

Maximum effort put in by all the lads last night,and to be honest Widnes
were on the ropes for last twenty minutes and we looked the fitter side even though they are full-time.

Missing from the seventeen last night;

Alex Benson
Kyle Briggs
Mike Coady
Dean Colton
Michael Haley
Craig Lawton
Shaun Leaf
Al Rounding
(who would all surely be in consideration to start if fit)

also

Kevin Eadie
Gary Ellery
Craig Holt
Scott Jones
Lee Parnell
(who have all figured at some point this season).

Even more commendable, in that case. Long may it continue!

So, first choice props, wingers, full back and stand off....
Makes the past couple of games for us all the more impressive.

Yep it evened out...the Webster 'chip and cheat' was defo first half.
He was attacking the end you were sitting......he chipped over near the half way line and went down like a sack of spuds.
I thought we could have shipped another three or four tries......but Widnes bombed them for a variety of reasons.
Widnes were the better side.
That's why we are ecstatic with a bonus point.

Apologies we forgot to announce the attendance last night, we kinda got a bit carried away with the exciting finish. the ground was about empty when we looked at each oher and said, did we announce the attendance.

oops. sos everyone. what a match, i really thought we was gonna get a draw.

Easter weekend and all that but 831 still has to be disappointing for the visit of a club like Widnes.

Anybody know why the kick-off was at 8pm on the last day of the first bank holiday weekend.

Clashed with a Rovers home game initially (3pm).

Moved first to 7pm and latterly to 8pm to allow for the ground to clear after the football and the pitch to be made ready for a RL fixture (lines re-painted, posts changed etc).

To be honest there looked more than 831 and i would have thought at least 350-400 from Widnes.

so what was donnys line up please

My thoughts as well.