good luck to the lad.
you never know he might work his way back to us when we get promoted this season. a step forward for him

looks to me the club is upside down from 1st team to scholarship ! and money is the major problem , you cannot compete without it and it will be a long hard season i feel

Two aquaintances of mine who are (or were depending on whether they can be bothered anymore after being overlooked for selection in favour of yet another new face this week) training with the reserves says they haven't had a penny yet.
Cant see the Hull based lads carrying on if they not even getting their £15 for getting mullered.
If the club hasnt got that then they are up a certain creek without a paddle financially.

Who'll be next to follow Briggs out of the door, and are we about to find ourselves in the same situation as about 10 years ago when local players were asked to turn out to help fulfil the fixtures? (Ernie Lake springs to mind)

certainly doesnt look good and why get out of town players travelling though if it costs money ? if you dont pay players they will soon be off ,so they will be asking local players to make up the numbers again soon , the club cannot have any money at all, and cannot compete without backing and are just exsisting day to day and cutting costs, losing players , losing support where does it end?

The more I hear about this and the longer no-one from the Club makes a statement the more I fear for the future of the Club.

... and I'm not alone.

I got a txt today to ask if i have heard about Castle maybe going, i said that i had heard about Briggs but not Castle. don't want to start a new rumour but with information like this being banded about, we need some clarification from the club.

But as usual the club have not responded, even though we know they read the forum.

I fear the worst at what is happening at the moment, and anything the club says would it be the truth.

Boots out lads!

One of the reserve coaches is from Hull and many of the squad are from the Hull area. This begs the question, if they are good enough why aren't they on the books in some way shape or form with either Hull or Hull KR ?
Granted the choice is much greater in that area but surely the survival of Doncaster RLFC is dependant on bringing through local talent that local support can more readily relate to. And from what Ive seen so far they are no better than the Donny lads anyway whom I think would play with more pride for the club.

And like like yourself Baz, I'm not in the business of starting rumours either but one that is already doing the rounds is 4 or 5 more will be gone within a couple of weeks.

Watch this space, I think Jemmo could be right.

The thing I cant understand though is we must be operating on budget.The crowds are no lower than last year (maybe around the 800 mark on average) but this year we have nowhere near the squad we had last year (or the coach on decent money).

Why are we suddenly struggling with the budget or finances is my question? Our outgoings ill bet are not even half of what they were last year , they cant be.

Also Gateshead have a team with a few overseas imports, a new coach who wont be there for nothing wages and are surviving on gates of around 300!

I don't know what the cost is for playing at the Keepmoat or the cost for office rental but gues that is one of the big drains on finances compared with other clubs.I know all this should be in the financial planning but every year we seem to go astray.
Someone said to me at the start of the season I saw the first game at Doncaster and I will see the last.Hope he is not right but looks as though things are not good again

Its already been debated, but looking at the possibility of sharing with the Rugby Union Club ought to be looked at. The Keepmoat is the biggest con this towns ever fell for, a community stadium run by a private company that bleeds its tenants dry.

You cant read anything in to that mate, we have the same thing at Fev, there are 6 Hull based players there, 4 in the first team, and perhaps more to come to the reserves on trial. Hull is a hotbed for RL at the minute with 6 sides in the Conference, 2 in Super League and a thriving local league. Hull and Rovers chuck kids about willy nilly and there is plenty of players for championship clubs.

Everyone wants a team full of local kids but at the end of the day would you really care if you was 3rd in the Championship with a reserve side having won 4 out of 4 but with players from out of town?

They're a couple of good points but the facts are we aren't either 3rd in Championship or 4 wins for reserves . Next to bottom and the reserves have lost 4 from 4 including a defeat to Sheffield Eagles res who had 90 put past them by Widnes last week and twice to a poor York side.
That suggests to me at least that just because they are from Hull it doesn't mean they are automatically gonna be any better than anyone else.