I agree with this fella!

...and we can huddle together for warmth

Match Preview

Doncaster RLFC head into Sunday's Carnegie Challenge Cup fourth round tie against Bradford Bulls in confident mood after registering emphatic victories in their last three outings.

The Dons have racked up plenty of points of late and have scored over 160 points in their last three games against Sharlston Rovers (3rd round of the Challenge Cup), South Wales Scorpions and London Skolars (both Co-operative Championship One).

The Dons' free-scoring left side duo of Tom Hodson (1-1-2-3-5) and Lee Waterman (2-1-6-1-3) have both touched down in the club's last five games, notching up an impressive total of 25 tries between them. Hodson scored five tries on Good Friday and Waterman's hat-trick takes their combined total to 31 in nine games so far this season.

Bradford have hit form of late and had a very productive Easter weekend in Super League with a hard fought 12-4 win over arch rivals Leeds Rhinos on Good Friday which was backed up with a convincing 38-4 victory at Widnes Vikings on Easter Monday.

Liam Cunningham and Mike Emmett are the latest casualties for the Dons after picking up injuries in the impressive win over the Skolars. Cunningham will be out for at least six weeks after damaging ankle ligaments and Emmett's prognosis is less certain and sits out with a swollen knee.

They join Carl Hughes and Dean Colton on the injury list and both Dean O'Loughlin and Nathan Powley have one match remaining on their retrospective bans and will be available once again for the Dons trip to Gateshead next Sunday. Centre Chris Spurr will go straight into Tony Miller's squad after re-joining the club this week.

The Bulls also have an extensive injury list which includes the likes of Jarrod Sammut, Elliot Kear, Nick Scruton, and former Dons' star half back Luke Gale. Bulls' head coach Mick Potter was without 11 members of his first-team squad on Monday because of injury and suspension.

Their matters have been made worse as hooker and joint skipper Heath L'Estrange has been banned for two games after being charged a grade C offence following an incident in Friday's West Yorkshire derby against Leeds.

The Super League giants have won all three of their previous Challenge Cup meetings with the Dons and are the only two sides in the fourth round draw to have last met in the winter era, having not faced each other since the 1994-1995 season.

Dons' head coach Miller saidPrevious Challenge Cup meetings

1966 (Round 1) Bradford 23 Doncaster 2

1952 (Round 1, First Leg) Bradford 6 Doncaster 5

1952 (Round 1, Second Leg) Doncaster 4 Bradford 7

Last meeting

Bradford 74 Doncaster 18 (Stones Bitter Championship, 02/04/1995)

Manuokafoa was injured at the beginning of the season but has played the last 4 weeks or so. Excellent prop. Our 3 imports this year are looking the business (first time in a few years..)

do you reckon that you will field your best team possible or will you throw afew youngsters in ?

I think its a game the bulls dare not lose because of the financial implications. The Dons have nothing to lose so all the pressure is on bradford.

Good news for the Dons is that Bulls winger Karl Pryce hopes to be fit for the game!

Just picked up on a comment Jemmo made on the Bulls forum, perhaps these weekends chant should be 'Come on you Cones!'

I don't think Mick Potter will be taking anything for granted and we will play our strongest [sizeavailable [/size team. Hope it stays dry, the weather will have a big say on the size of crowd

Surely Bradford playing at home equates to heavy rain in the West Yorkshire area?

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Karl Pryce not in squad then.

Bradford will be one of the televised games in the next round

Bradford or the Dons you mean surely

No Cooke, no Fawcett allegedly, so Bradford then.

I bought my ticket in good faith expecting a strong Dons team.