If we don't beat Rochdale, the best we can do is finish fourth.

Weekend games:

York v Skolars
Barrow v Keighley
Hunslet v Toulouse

Remaining games:

York v Dons

Toulouse v Barrow
Dons v Skolars
Keighley v York
Rochdale v Hunslet

League Table:

Toulouse 19 37
Barrow 19 29
Rochdale 19 29
Dons 18 24
York 18 23
Hunslet 19 22
Keighley 19 20
Skolars 19 16

In fact Rochdale have to lose both their games and we have to win all 3. to get 3rd.
Can't see it but you never know.

Would be a bonus to finish 3rd & get a home tie in the playoff semi final. Lets concentrate on getting into the playoffs .

Team news Tonks will be available plus may be Tali & Zac. Waiting to see the hull 19 for Friday .
COYD

Feka included in Hull 19.

Howden is the key for me.

I agree.

Jordon Howden and Tom Carr are probably our two most influential players especially in the backs.

We can cover most situations elsewhere a little bit more easily.

Would like to see Nicholson & Tonks at 11 & 12.

Jack Walton is still giving away penalties galore & his ball retention isn't the best, cannot fault his effort though.
Eagerly awaiting the squad announcement !

COYD

Teams for Sunday:

Surprisingly Feka is included in the squad.

Riley 1 Carr
Holmes 2 Sheriff
D. Cookson 3 Doherty
Gailbraith 4 Foggin-Johnston
Lee 5 Jones-Bishop
Crook 6 Howden
Yates 7 Hedges
Tahraoui 8 Scott
Moores 9 Kesik
Thompson 10 Castle
Smith 11 Tonks
Crowley 12 Walton
Case 13 Milton
Maneely 14 B. Nicholson
Taira 15 Paleaaesina
Hadden 16 Wright
Tilley 17 Picketts
Trumper 18 M. Welham
Roper. 19 Aizue.

In Friday's Hull Daily Mail Lee Radford said that all five new players drafted into the squad for tonight's game would definitely play.

Our final 17 may well depend on the fitness of Aizue & the Hull 17 tonight !

COYD

Feka on bench tonight for Hull, lets hope Aizue is fit !

A difference of opinion with the bookies when I looked earlier.

Bet365 ... Dons + 6 10/11.
Skybet ... Dons + 10 10/11.

Bet365 now Dons + 8 10/11.

Today's result is probably more important than the league table suggests as there's a 50% chance we could be going back to Rochdale in the play-off semi-final. Whatever happens today will be on the players' minds if we meet again.

Let's hope we can win and win well. Rochdale's confidence is probably in decline; we need to keep it there!

16-4 to dons at minute in 1st half keep up the pressure and go on to win from here surely.

16-10 to dons COYDs

don't believe it now 16-16

H/T 16-16 COYDs

here we go again, losing ball and giving penalties away, and Rochdale score 20-16

26-16 20 mins left.

32-16

32-22 79 mins.

38-22.

FT 38-22.

first of all ,hope all the players (both sides) ended the game injury free. secondly Im a bit reluctant to air my views till someone has reported on here as to how well/badly we played. todays result is very dissapointing considering we built up a decent lead, and its going to be hard to expect much from this season now, the big issue for me is where were at (the dons) we are in the lowest league we are going to finnish 5th, look at the teams below us and barring a couple they are very much the lowest level of clubs in the RFL. (no disrespect to those clubs). Now this is my BIG gripe if GT and CH think this is good enough then we need big changes all round. WE have some good players in our squad but come the end of the season they will be snatched up by championship clubs and you cant blame them for going. So in2017 we will be starting from scratch with a few retained players from this year and anyone else we can get hold of. Im away next week so will miss what will be our last home game (correct me if IM wrong) Ive got a season ticket for this season and its still half full of tickets (total waste of money) will not be buying one for next season unless the s that run this sport sort out the fixtures. Now I say goodbye and wish the players a safe trip to york and hope london dont embarrass us sunday.

Well just got back.
1st play a short kick off , one our players WATCHES a Rochdale player win ball , pass it out They score.
We start to play , even though we loose Tonks injured , we build up a lead 4-16.

Rochdale take over , end of storey. Not saying we didn't try , but not good enough .

Regarding injury free, Mason Tonks leg injury doubt he will play Thurs or Sunday. Jordan Howden hurt his hand near end but carried on, F-Johnson injured scoring a try taken off , blood bin, but came back on .

Lets hope Feka , Aizue & Zac are available plus Kieran Cross !

COYD
We may have to go to Rochdale again , on that performance forget promotion !