Well we have a game on Thursday and no thread so far.
This rectifies that.

What's going to happen then?
It's to be hoped we get off the bus.

Need a bonus point at the very minimum, but we appeared rudderless against Swinton.
Come back Kay, I say.

Well Wakefield haven't a match this week .

will definitely need an improvement on Sundays performance .

Hopefully b a gud game. If we win n workington n haven lose does that mean 6th place is ours?

Who goin tomoz then?

Yes it would, but Worky are at home to York.
Thinking about going.

Am going to make one. Think we'll be better in all respects. I suspect there was a bit of complacency on Sunday after half-time.

Bookies generally giving the Dons +6 points on the Handicap Betting.

Match Preview

Doncaster Rugby League Club face a quick turnaround this week and travel to West Yorkshire on Thursday evening to face Dewsbury Rams in round 25 of the Kingstone Press Championship (7:30pm kick-off).

Doncaster are currently in sixth place, two points above the Rams, and have a game in hand over their opponents as well as Workington and Whitehaven who are all fighting for the sixth spot that would guarantee a home tie in the forthcoming play-offs.

The Dons managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat last Sunday as Craig Fawcett's last minute try against Swinton extended the club's unbeaten run to six games. Dennis Tuffour's barnstorming run set up the scrum half who darted over between the sticks to give his club an unlikely win as they surrendered a 17-4 advantage.

Russ Spiers is unavailable for selection against his former club due to a clause in his contract and Wakefield's Kyle Trout has been drafted in as his replacement. Grant Edwards is back in contention after overcoming a back problem which has kept him out of the last couple of games.

Dons' skipper Kyle Kesik will undergo a late fitness after spraining his ankle against Swinton and is in line to make his 100th appearance for the club if selected. The tough tackling hooker made his debut for the club in a 56-12 Championship defeat at Batley on 19th July, 2009.

Dons' head coach Tony Miller said: "We weren't at our best on Sunday but we have a never-say-die attitude and that's what eventually got us through.

"We've managed to get ourselves into a great position and our destiny lies in our own hands with regards to where we finish in the Championship.

"We've got a busy schedule in the next couple of weeks so it won't be easy. We'll take each game as it comes and treat our opponents with the respect they deserve.

"Dewsbury are a good side and beat us at our place in the opening game of the season. They also want to finish as high as possible in the league so it should make for a closely fought contest."

Dewsbury's head coach Glenn Morrison believes victory on Thursday would guarantee the Rams a top eight finish in the Championship.

Morrison said: "Looking at the other teams around us and what games they've got, if we can get a win I think that should virtually cement us a play-off spot. It's a really big game and the last home game of the year.

"The club hasn't been in the play-offs in this division since 2000. It would be a big achievement if we get there, and the fans are a massive part of it.

"The boys enjoy having the supporters there. We want to win for them and give them something to cheer about."

Morrison will make a number of checks on players after Sunday's defeat against Sheffield Eagles. "We've got a lot of blokes in the physio room," he said.

#COYD

Previous Four Meetings:

3rd February 2013: Dewsbury Rams win 22-16 at Keepmoat Stadium
20th February 2011: Dewsbury Rams win 30-18 at Keepmoat Stadium
2nd September 2007: Doncaster RLFC win 51-18 at Keepmoat Stadium
29th April 2007: Doncaster RLFC win 33-26 at Tetley's Stadium

Match Day Admission:

North Stand (seated) - adults: £15, over 60s and students (with ID): £9, under 16s: £9
South Stand (standing) - adults: £13, over 60s and students (with ID): £7, under 16s: £2

Referee:

G Hewer

Which stand is everyone going in?

South Stand

Cheers.

Fairly confident this wiil be a hard match. One thing is certain, they cannot take the same attitude as Sunday into this game or Dewsbury will not be forgiving. Hoping for a narrow win, but will take a bonus point at this stage.

Team news Kyle Trout replaces Russ Spiers on the bench.

Half time Dewsbury 18 - Doncaster 4

Try Cowling 10 mins

Will be more than happy with a BP right now

Final score Dewsbury 24 v Doncaster 10.

Tuffour scored 2nd try Scott converting .

Forget all the could have and bad night at office ref etc that will likely get mentioned The discipline tonight was the worse for sometime. Forget about stay away fans. Feel sorry for those paying and travelling to watch that. Well done dewsbury stuck to plan and won. Albeit some slightly bias fans Mick butts MOM.

Totally agree with Now Then, poor discipline gave them piggybacks up the field. Thought Dennis was poor in defence of the kicks. Plenty of work needs doing with Dennis IMO on defending the high kicks. They peppered him and got the tactics right.

Lets hope we can leave this game behind us and start again for next week.

Butts MOTM for me also,

I went, wished I hadn't.

STILL we are letting the ball bounce at restarts with disastrous results.

STILL we have p?ss poor discipline at the play the ball.

STILL nobody seems to know what to do in certain situations, Tuffour was hung out to dry and waited for their punts instead of going towards the kick and jumping. The only time he did that he dropped it.

We squandered at least half a dozen chances to gain a VITAL bonus point. If someone had scripted the cock-ups we performed, then it couldn't have been more perfect. You had to be there to see it.

INCOMPETENT!!!

Not good enough and a poor basis for progress next season.
That's why we don't get crowds. The skills on offer from both sides were crap!
We were just crapper.

Waterman??????? What has happened to him?

Stand Offish ,I didn't go ,there is no beating about the bush from you mate.

At the beginning of the season I think most of us would have accepted a play off spot.

Give them a break , get behind them next week.

Sadly, Stand-Offish has hit the nail on the head. I'm struggling to remember a worse performance last season, let alone this. Clueless springs to mind. Cookey was anonymous and that's being polite.

I will be there against York and Sheffield, that's a given.

And no I won't give them a break, they were dreadful, and yes you had to be there, which you weren't!
When they are good I say so, when they are shoite I say so.
Read the other posts, what do you want lies?

Try to catch some video and use an abacus to count the number of dropped balls.
Amateurish.

Never remotely a chance of a bonus point,Alan. Our handling was diabolical - which gifted them tries.

There won't be a video going online of this (currently, we don't have a camera at away games, so don't record our own video). There were a hell of a lot of dropped balls, but where we were bad, the refereeing was just as bad. Lots missed for both teams (including a flop on Dave Scott in the second half), still, we've got it all in our hands now, and given that we were written off by many people a couple of months back, its a good place to be.