Im not very positive bout tommorows game but still looking forward to it hopefully ther might b a shock result : )

I'm going, but will probably wear earphones and play music to drown out the gloating.

Match Preview

Doncaster Rugby League Club travel to Sheffield on Friday evening to play in the first South Yorkshire league derby since June 2009. This Kingstone Press Championship game has a 7:30pm kick-off at the Don Valley Stadium.

Both clubs had last weekend off as the recent snow and freezing weather almost wiped out the Championship round 8 fixtures as only two games survived the extended winter period.

The inclement weather continues to put Friday's game in doubt, but Eagles coach Mark Aston is hopeful the game will go ahead and insists everything will be done to play the match and said: "The last thing we need is a fixture pile-up, and by Friday it will be two weeks since we last played."

The Dons have added Wakefield's half back Matt Wildie to their dual registration list and he joins team mates Danny Cowling, Liam Kay and Kyle Trout who are all in contention to play at the ill-fated Don Valley Stadium. 22 year-old Wildie has made over 20 Super League appearances for the Wildcats and was on loan at Batley for the majority of last season.

Huddersfield's loan winger Ben Blackmore is also in line to make his Dons debut but prop Josh Johnson has been recalled by the Giants ahead of their Easter games against Salford and Widnes.

However, prop Adam Scott will feature after joining the club for a third time following his recent release from Batley. Brooke Broughton could be recalled to Tony Miller's squad as the Dons head coach attempts to keep his players fresh with top of the table Halifax visiting the Keepmoat on Easter Monday (3:30pm kick-off).

Miller said: "We've got an extremely tough Easter weekend coming up so it's vital that the squad of players are rotated to keep injuries to a minimum.

"Sheffield have picked up from where they left last season and have proved how good they are with their recent victory over Featherstone.

"However, it's a local derby and the form book often means nothing in these situations but we'll need to play very well for 80 minutes to ensure we get something from the game."

Doncaster born Liam Higgins is Sheffield's only absentee as the home side will be aiming to make it seven wins on the bounce in the Championship since losing their opening game of the season against Halifax (18-10).

There's silverware up for grabs as the derby will be played for the Autism Plus South Yorkshire Cup. The trophy was introduced last year when the two sides met pre-season at the Keepmoat Stadium where the Eagles ran out 40-22 winners.

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Last 5 Meetings

26th February 2012: Sheffield Eagles win 56-12 at Keepmoat Stadium
28th June 2009: Sheffield Eagles win 78-8 at Keepmoat Stadium
9th April 2009: Doncaster RLFC win 23-22 at Don Valley Stadium
1st July 2007: Sheffield Eagles win 32-20 at Keepmoat Stadium
6th April 2007: Doncaster RLFC win 24-20 at Don Valley Stadium

Match Day Admission

Adults - £15
Concessions - £10
Juniors & Students (with valid ID) - £5

Referee

J Cobb

The Eagles have confirmed that tonight's game is on, 7.30 pm kick-off

Cheers me dears.
Going out now to make an afternoon/evening of it.

looking at results in this afternoon, after this weekend we could be bottom quite easily
featherstone not done us any favours now we need same result at sheffield tonite
COYD

keighley 6-0 up could do with a barrow win

Looking at results across all Leagues today, itis madness....if York can beat Fev then we can safely assume no easy games left, so Bonus points have to be minimum target for games like tonight. IMO.

Butterfield

Sanderson
Kaye
Cowling
Blackmore

Fawcett
Wilder

Waller
Kesik
Trout

Spurr
Kelly

Emmett

reps
Scott
Broughton
Leaf
Powley

Half time Sheffield 16 Doncaster 16

Tries Kesik, Spurr , Sanderson

Cons Sanderson 2

Final Score Sheffield 32 Doncaster 26

2nd half tries Broughton & Cowling
1 converted by Sanderson