Did you say hunt?

Saltergate's still standing, but I assume the safety certificate is long gone!

If we went there we could pretend is was 1967 and have contested scrums and 5m defensive lines.

You sometimes wonder if Saltergate have ever had a safety certificate

Latest news from the Dewsbury site ....


"Dewsbury Rams would like to let supporters know that the details regarding their away fixture against Sheffield Eagles, scheduled to be played on Sunday 5th June, are still unknown to the club.

"We were infomed some time ago by the RFL that the match must be played on the scheduled date, and that we would be informed in due course of the venue.

"However, due to the incompetence of Sheffield Eagles in being able to secure a venue to play the match in the six months since the fixtures were released, we are unfortunately still in the dark on the matter with less than two weeks to go until the scheduled date.

"It is unfortunate that we are in this situation with such a short time to go until the match, but perhaps we should have been expecting such a thing since this fixture seems to encounter problems every season."


Bit harsh !

Not really, You have had all season to sort it out and this year the fixtures are totally FUBAR due to this, Not your fault regarding the ground needing to be relayed or whatever but the club has had plenty of time to arrange the fixtures and get a venue in place.

The shay could be used i beleive as we are playing on Thursday, just i idea, but saying that neither club have enough traveling fans so would cost Sheffield a pretty penny.

Can't fault them to be fair!!

Re: Saltergate, the only away end I've ever been in where the toilet facilities were literally a wall with a solitary sink, and if you needed a number two, well you were in bother

Good job the toilets had no roof because they absolutely stank anyway. It would have been the 7th level of hell in there with a roof on.

It almost sounds like I'm nostalgic for it. No I'm not. The new stadium is fantastic (for the size of club, not compared to the Sheffield grounds) and was needed for ages. For me, it's a good example of why we have to have ground criteria in rugby league.

Mount St Mary's anyone?

I fear you may be correct Tim...

Surely not, nice little facility but not close to NL1 standards

That would be brilliant,Could get a great little atmosphere going there,As a one-off it would make a change,that maybe tempt Dewsbury to be a bit more helpful to change in the future

Or take them to Harmsworth Park.

That's in Wick.

We'll see.

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Whether the game's played there is a different matter.

Now we have an Irish connection we could see if Lansdowne Road was free that weekend!

If it has to be then it has to be. Could be fun.

Well the pub before the match would be packed,Theres only one in the village,The Angel,Cask Marquee aswell


The question is would it be on the 5th and when will the decision be made.I reckon tell themsaurday the 4th

Can't say i've been too St Mary's yet but by the way people have spoke about it and what I've seen on Eagles TV i'm sure it will do for a one off game and I wouldn't mind heading down there for a game!

Please! The Aviva Stadium.

There seems to have been a bit of general confusion about the availability of the Keepmoat for this fixture. So to clarify I have just spoke to Ray Green about this, the Dons, the Eagles and the stadium were all well up for this as an idea in creating a days festival of Rugby League in South Yorkshire, the problem is with the company who maintain the pitch already being booked in for the mammoth annual upkeep job which takes a few weeks. At the moment all the grass is up and just the artificial elements remain as they pack the ground with sand. Our game on the 5th is the only thing on their for about a 5 week period for that reason.

The Dons (and I'd guess the Eagles) were keen in a day involving local amateur clubs, armed forces teams, The Dons and The Eagles but logistically it just couldn't happen at this time of the year or by the time your lads got on the surface, you might as well be in the car park

If you're going to win only one all year, might as well make it away, in the South Yorkshire Derby on Sky

Jemmo has a good point



Doncaster are our natural rivals - I say rivals and I mean that in a good way. The local derby should be a game that both sets of fans look forward to and have the bragging rights to until the next time.

The South Yorkshire festival of Rugby sounds like a brilliant idea, could be alternated between Sheffield and Doncaster each year.