I suspect you will agree that Club Doncaster are reaping what they have sown.

Anyway ... back to the rugby ...

Going to have to be significantly better than last week, where we created very little, if we are to beat Keighley.

We have a number of attacking threats (e.g. Tindall, Tali, Greensmith, Doherty, Halliday) but we have to give them the ball and opportunity in the right areas of the pitch.

A few former players in the opposition ranks today who will no doubt relish being back at the Keepmoat with a point to prove.

Dons +4 10/11 with Bet365.

11/8 to win.

Barrow won the league yesterday and N Wales beat Skolars.

That means if we win today, we will be at home to N Wales in Week One of the play-offs with the loser getting a second chance.

If we lose today, we're at home to Hunslet in Week One with the loser being knocked out.

A draw today would mean we'd finish level with N Wales in third place but they've got a better points difference.

A draw would mean Keighley wouldn't finish above us - we'd be fourth.

Given that scenario, we'd be away to N Wales in Week One of the play-offs with the loser getting a second chance.

I think that's all permutations covered!

So... a win today and we're at home to N Wales, a draw and we're away to N Wales, a loss and we're home to Hunslet.

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Dons 6 Keighley 0

Try, Greensmith
Conversion, Sweeting

Dons 12 Keighley 0

Try, Halliday
Conversion,Sweeting

Red Card - Ben Cockayne

Dons 12 Keighley 6

Dons 14 Keighley 6

Penalty, Sweeting

Dons 14 Keighley 12

HT 14-12

FT Workington 14 Hunslet 32

Dons 20 Keighley 12

Try & Conversion, Sweeting

Dons 26 Keighley 12

Try & Conversion, Sweeting

Dons 26 Keighley 18

Dons 26 Keighley 24

Dons 26 Keighley 28

FT Dons 26 Keighley 28

A great effort and 16 players who didn't deserve to end up losing.

Heartbreaking is the word I'm hearing from most people.
I'm just gutted. This is why we do it though isn't it? Sport can be both incredibly cruel or totally uplifting and the margins can be so fine. I feel incredibly sorry for all involved.

The Dons' players must be feeling sick.

The play-offs now look like this:

Week One: N Wales v Keighley & Dons v Hunslet (loser is eliminated)

Week Two: Loser of N Wales v Keighley plays Winner of Dons v Hunslet (loser is eliminated)
Week Two: Workington v Winner of N Wales v Keighley (loser gets a second chance)

And one of those played the second half on one leg (heroic effort by Brandon Douglas)

A massive







for all the lads today.

Not ideal route but we get chance next week to avenge the 'Covid' home defeat.