Geoff,

Ref was of course DON BROOKES

the only player I recognised was KEN RUSHDON.

The referee was indeed Don Brooks.

Ken Rushton was one of the players in a red shirt.

TIP
If you watched the film on the link I provided fast forward the film to the start of the rugby match & pause the film & advance it frame by frame this will help you identify some more players which Im certain you will recognise.I have edited the film & copied the rugby match to my HD/DVD Recorder & transferred it to a DVD which allows you to view the game at various slow speeds there are some well known Dons players still to name.

Another Clue
Tony Banham home debut for the Dons was against a team from the west side of the Pennines.

Swinton

Yes Tony Banham played his first game for the Dons against Swinton October 27th 1974 result Dons 5 Swinton 44.

He was signed on loan from Keighley & returned to Keighley at the end of the loan period later he was signed by Hull FC.

Who was the assistant coach to Clive Sullivan in his time as the Dons coach?

Tony Jeff

Tony Jeff is the correct answer

The Dons once announced the imminent signing of a very famous former Gt Britain player then the signing was blocked by the Rugby Football League.

Can you name the player concerned & the reasons why the RFL blocked the signing?

Clue
The Dons have had three players in there ranks with the same surname as the player in the question.

A n other we had lots of players with this name lol