Dons v Oldham.
Winner away to Hunslet on Sunday 10th September kick-off 6pm, Loser at home to winner of other match.

Workington v N Wales.
Loser is eliminated, winner away to loser of Dons v Oldham.

Winner of Hunslet v Dons/Oldham is at home in the final. The loser gets a second chance.

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Any early shouts for possible handicap? I'm thinking dons -8pts

The game will be shown live on The Sportsman

In the three games we've played against Oldham we've scored 82 and conceded 70. On paper it looks close but after our good win against Dewsbury, it'll be a major diappointment if we don't beat them. I agree -8 seems about right.

I'll stick my neck out and say Dons -10.

Good shout guys ...

Both Bet365 & Skybet ...

Dons -8 10/11
Oldham +8 10/11

Handicap Draw 16/1 (Bet365) 22/1 (Skybet)

FT Dons 36 Oldham 0

Emphatic!

Three out of the last four matches played have been won without our opponents getting on the scoresheet.
Surely must be something of a Dons record?

Great performance today.
Misi was outstanding Knowles again best of the forwards .

They must be chuffed with that, it was very good.

Agree with the above comment about misi and knowles also would like to add in halliday who got 2 great tries and made ridiculous yards after contact, in fact it was a superb dominant all round performance. Nice to see someone at club doncaster pocket some extra cash with the 'official' attendance being 650

*digs out spreadsheet of fun*

Its a Dons record, we've never kept as many clean sheets in as many games before.

We've only nilled the opposition in consecutive matches on two occasions, once when we beat Highfield and Swinton in 1994, the second when we beat London and Cornwall this season.

I agree with what everyone else has written.

The attendance was extremely disappointing though.

Oldham were never in it. They never looked threatening at any stage. Credit to the Dons for being so dominant but it looked like a game too far for Oldham. They seemed to be suffering something of a hangover from the Midlands defeat.

I must mention Connor Robinson's kicking game. We were regularly turning the ball over near the Oldham line on the back of Connor's kicks. He's an incredibly smart player who can drop the ball on a pin head.

It's nice to see so many of our players hitting top form at the right time.

Fantastic performance , watched the game back on The Sportsman and the crowd figure of 650 looked about right , it always looks deceiving when your sat in amongst it.

Bring on Hunslet.

Well i got up to 827 and lost count plus when it was announced hally started flicking through an holiday brochure

The highlights seem to be on X/Twitter this week (maybe something to do with it being The Sportsman coverage) https://twitter.com/Doncaster_RLFC/stat ... 05563?s=20 Alternatively the full game is still here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVgHsbGYapc

The highlights seem to be on X/Twitter this week (maybe something to do with it being The Sportsman coverage) https://twitter.com/Doncaster_RLFC/stat ... 05563?s=20 Alternatively the full game is still here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVgHsbGYapc

Knowles was impressive going forward and both wings put in a real shift running the ball out, happy for both Tom and Misi, I don't think we can drop either for the Hunslet match they give us good go forward, Travis is raw pace but I am not sure he can do the shift Misi/Tom did yesterday.

Vete looks very capable and was impressed with Burns from acting half, the jury is out on Fonua he did score and was involved but never came looking for work like Tali would.

I dont think we have room now for Faraimo, if Tali is fit I'd rather he played but it's going to be tough to change a team that dominated so much yesterday.

We know Matty as he knows us (we have a few wildcards tho) so we should be able to keep him quiet. Hopefully they will screen our game again especially with it being the 6pm kick off.

I'd be very surprised if we see Tali again this year, he's not looked like the Tali we know all year

I think the official crowd was 615 not 650...which it wasn't either!


Yep...I thought we put the pressure on early doors and released it like a carbon copy of the Dewsbury game.
Only Oldham squandered their equivalent chances and we got lucky!
Once we got 18 ahead...they were pretty much done.
They were tired and understandably.
The same old players keep doing it for the Dons...Misi, Tom, Connor, Ben...while others blow hot and cold.
We have some matchwinners in Fonua, Vete and Boas....
Very confident we can beat Hunslet away and home...

No one has mentioned Guzdek looked safe under the high ball & linked up well in attack.

You are right Paul he was safe as houses under the kicks, as was Tom and Misi...I do feel for Travis he has pace to burn but we dont make enough opportunities for him to shine with our style of play and in that style you have to be willing to do the hard yards and put in a solid defensive shift, something the two above and Gudzek have shown they do in abundance.

I do think Elliot Hall offers us a little more in attack with his link up play, but having them both is not a bad quandary to have, I'd deffo like Gudzek to be part of the team next year. I guess if we have both we can rotate then between fullback and wing, that said Misi might just cary on showing the youngun's how to play