Note the kick off time of 2pm

Everything you need to know about Sunday: Match is a 2pm Kick off at Heywood Road, Sale. M33 3WB. Anyone who wishes to travel on one of the supporters coaches should contact Tracy Armstrong There is very little parking at the ground so reserved mainly for Blue Badge holders who need to book a space in advance by contacting Swinton Lions directly. All other cars should park on the surrounding streets, 'resident only' parking restrictions do not apply on a Sunday. Tickets for the game can be bought here: https://swintonlionsrlfc.co.uk/match-day/admission/ The game will be streamed live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-VqwaKc8B4 Come On You Dons!

Everything you need to know about Sunday: Match is a 2pm Kick off at Heywood Road, Sale. M33 3WB. Anyone who wishes to travel on one of the supporters coaches should contact Tracy Armstrong There is very little parking at the ground so reserved mainly for Blue Badge holders who need to book a space in advance by contacting Swinton Lions directly. All other cars should park on the surrounding streets, 'resident only' parking restrictions do not apply on a Sunday. Tickets for the game can be bought here: https://swintonlionsrlfc.co.uk/match-day/admission/ The game will be streamed live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-VqwaKc8B4 Come On You Dons!

Bet365 ...

Doncaster +12 Evens
or
Doncaster +12.5 5/6

7/2 to win

Skybet ...

Doncaster +16 10/11

4/1 to win

Interesting... funny how they thought we were on a par with Rochdale last week, that was a blunder. Giving us 16 start on Sunday seems too high.

It's a strange old format whereby Swinton have already beaten us in the play-offs once but if we win this time we go up, not them.

Connor Robinson interview (in bed!) before the Swinton gamehttps://www.rugby-league.com/article/61002/connor-robinson-interview-%7C-doncasterrl

Cracking interview. A scrum half who looked 'propped' up in bed

Squad for Sundayhttps://www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/article/1240/news-|-squad-named-for-2022-grand-finalrl

No place for Ben Howe.

Here's a link to The Sportsman's You Tube channel for this afternoon's matchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v

We tried hard and did our best but we weren't quite good enough on the day.

Well done to Swinton. On balance over the season they've been the second best team in the league behind Keighley and deserve to go up.

It's a shame that Championship rugby has eluded us again as it'd be nice to be watching the likes of Featherstone, Bradford, Halifax and York instead of West Wales, Cornwall, and London Skolars.

Thank you to all the Dons players who have put their necks on the line for us this season. You've done yourselves proud and have shown why rugby league is a great sport.

The rose tinted specs are out again but it's another year and another failure. Keighley have seen the writing on the wall as regards restructuring the league and done something about it.Club Doncaster couldn't give a monkeys putting it mildly. So it will be carry on as per usual trying to get a miracle out of mediocrity.

Whose rose tinted specs are you referring to Tatty?

Quote from Steve Hossack at the Free Presshttps://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/other-sport/doncaster-rlfc-suffer-play-off-final-heartache-for-second-successive-season-3864429rl

I wonder who he's got in mind for leaving?

My assessment of the season and the Club Doncaster position:

1) The players gave their all and probably achieved as much as their skill levels suggest they should. Keighley and Swinton had more class in their squads.

2) Not having been a great fan of Richard Horne in the past, I think the tactics we used this season probably got the best out of the team. I just wish he'd show his face and come and acknowledge the crowd from time to time.

3) Club Doncaster would surely want the Dons to be in a higher league as the revenue streams would be far greater. Home crowds, with away fans attending, would bring in much more money, benefitting the Club Doncaster coffers.

4) Eight years of not getting out of this league suggests that the coach is not being given sufficent funds to put a team together that it better than the rest OR the coach is getting sufficient funding but isn't using it wisely.

5) If the coach isn't get enough money, this is either because Club Doncaster don't have the funds or believe we should be able to get promoted on the size of budget they supply.

6) If Club Doncaster aren't able to invest more, they should look to bring in other interested parties to play an active role in the rugby side of things.

7) It doesn't make sense that a city the size of Doncaster is in the third tier of rugby. Our aspirations should be to at least compete in the top half of the Championship or higher. The aim of 'survival' ought not be where the bar is set.

I for one know the wealth of our owners far outweighs the keighleys owners that's just facts, so you can eliminate all those factors by just saying the owners lack the ambition and drive to make this club a championship one. They have the money to take the dons into the championship, they have the money to invest in the rovers to be at least a league 1 side and they have the resources to get the belles back in the super league where they once was but they would prefer to go into their old age plodding along with no dramas.