Following last weekend's Challenge Cup Round 3 victory against Coventry Bears, it's back to concentrating on the league with a tricky looking away fixture in Cumbria.

After giving a debut to Jordan Cox and two trialists, Stefanos Bastas and Lee Registe in the cup tie, Richard Horne should be able to call on a number a dual registration players for the visit to the Recreation Ground.

Last Season: Whitehaven 14 Doncaster 23 (Sunday 19 August 201icon_cool.gif
Dons Tries: Hakim Miloudi, Connor Bower, Jack Logan, Brad England
Dons Conversions: Matty Beharrell 3
Dons Drop Goal: Hakim Miloudi

Hull's squad for their game against Wakefield:

Jamie Shaul, Bureta Faraimo, Carlos Tuimavave, Josh Griffin, Albert Kelly, Marc Sneyd, Scott Taylor, Danny Houghton, Dean Hadley, Mark Minichiello, Joe Westerman, Jordan Thompson, Masi Matongo, Brad Fash, Sika Manu, Jordan Lane, Jez Litten, Ratu Naulago, Gareth Ellis

So. Langtree, Miloudi and Nzongou again we reckon?

Connor Wynne is fit again in case you need to move Miloudi to half back

I'd rather have Howden and Beharrell. What's the point otherwise?

Indeed, definitely not worth splitting those two up for Miloudi

Good to have competition for places.

Dons squad


Stefanos Bastas, Matty Beharrell, Connor Bower, Ryan Boyle, Matty Chrimes, Jordan Cox, Kieran Cross, Sam Doherty, Brandon Douglas, Jordie Hedges, Jordan Howden, Kyle Kesik, Danny Langtree (D/R), Hakim Miloudi (D/R), Levy Nzoungou (D/R), Connor Scott, Russ Spiers, Jason Tali, Liam Welham.

Nice to see that Liam Welham is still with us and interesting that Bastas does not show as a trialist

I think that Liam's inclusion is something of a surprise to him.

Bastas is still referred to as a trialist on the Dons official announcement.

where was that? on the website there is no (T) fir trialist next to his name.

figure he still will be one though

On the twitter version where they post a picture version there is a (T)

Dons official Twitter feed also as posted on Facebook by Jemmo.

Wasn't Liam Welham on Facebook claiming he knew virtually nothing about this?
Totally out of favour (shunned actually) and presumed to have therefore left the club.
The mind boggles.

ah that explains it I'm not on twitter and never think to check fb for dons news

Thanks Wanderer, Jemmo

Yes, that's what I was alluding to. An odd situation to say the least.

There is plenty odd about the Dons.
Let me pussy foot for a change, without incurring the direct wrath of certain individuals, why oh why does a certain coach not drop a certain player by way of an experiment to see if it improves the side?
Never mind about contracts. Contracts are not worth the paper they are printed on.
This experiment could be almost like trying out what it is like to play 13 vs 13 and not be a man down for half the game.
Gonna start doing my own assessment on interchanges, which is as near as practical as I will get.

I do think we improve when the certain player is not on the pitch

I hadn't really done a proper survey, but I note the opposition line is never broken, tries not scored, offloads rarely given.
Nothing wrong with his tackling though provided he doesn't have to run, which at 71 and with a dodgy left ankle even I can do better.

Dons -6 @ 10/11 with Bet365.

Favourites at Whitehaven. Not sure I've ever seen that

DONS XIII | Miloudi, Doherty, Bower, Tali, Chrimes, Howden, Beharrell, Boyle, Kesik, Douglas, Langtree, Cox, Nzoungou.

DONS INTERCHANGE | Scott, Spiers, Hedges, Cross.

Good side

HT Whitehaven 0 Dons 4
Try Chrimes

Dons gave away ten penalties in the first half.

Looks like we're going to have to be resolute in defence with Connor Bower in the sin bin.