Read what Paul Cooke has to say ahead of Sunday's friendly with Hull FC at Keepmoat Stadium.. www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/a ... p?id=12618

Read what Paul Cooke has to say ahead of Sunday's friendly with Hull FC at Keepmoat Stadium.. www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/a ... p?id=12618

Just had a look on the Hull FC official site, Lee Radford says he will put out a mixed squad of U19's & senior players on Sunday.

The Dons will be missing Grant Edwards who is injured but still have a squad of 22( from RLExpress on Monday 6th .

Looking forward to the game COYD

Is there a pitch inspection planned ?

howdy peeps,,, would have thought there would be some info from the club by now re, pitch inspection. looking forward to todays game, nice to see the old and new players in action. l had a dream last night that in 2015 we were in the super league,,, or was it a nightmare !!!

Just got Information from Carl Hall that the game against Hull is 100% on. wrap up warm guys because it will be a cold one.

Good news , thanks Baz .

Get Ready!!!!!!!!!
COYD

Funny game this , will be interested to see how the Dons players play but also the Hull FC fringe players who may be playing for the Dons soon.

Well what a farce. Due to other commitments I didn't set off to the ground until 2.20, knowing full well I'd have to get a ticket from the office.
Well I'm at home now as I turned around due to there being 300 people at least queuing for tickets at 2.57, just 3 minutes before kick off. I wasn't the only one either, a family of four followed me. This method of entering the ground has been crap at best, but on a normal matchday I've occasionally missed 5 minutes of the game. People (and the club) will say get there earlier, but as stated, I couldn't. It's not as though we play in front of 20,000, and the club can hardly afford people walking away and losing revenue.
What is the problem with paying at the turnstiles anyway? Every other ground seem to manage it.
Don't feel like going again until this is sorted.

Kick off was delayed by ten minutes.
I just made into the ground in time.
I must say that I felt very embarrassed at the shambles.
I had made my mind up that if after being in the queue for two hundred yards, by the time I got to the ticket office if the match was not delayed I too would go back into town and to hell with it.

As for the game, it was the Dons vs Hull academy plus a couple of first teamers like Whiting.
16-16
The Dons let them off the hook big time and should have won.
Still we looked OK.

Should have won yes, some good signs though.

thoroughly enjoyed today thought we played well and contained hull. albeit the under 19s + some first teamers, we threw the game away by giving them to many silly penalties,needs to be sorted ASAP. very good friendly crowd (1700) ??? big thanks to Hull FC and their fans.

More like 2700, big following from Hull.

Impressed with Spaven today great kicking game. Hull also had Chris Green ,Pitts, Miller the Aussie no7 playing & Joe Arundel.

Enjoyed it.
Coyd

Whilst not ideal the queue was got through pretty quickly and 10 min delay is hardly end of world....

Its not like it happens every week as crowd never gets that big, and in fairness the girls inside were working hard.

The Dons dominated from start to end and the Hull team albeit was a weaker side there were still enough 1st teamers in it, check the names in League Express tomorrow.

I for one was delighted, saw no weak links, saw a very fit looking Dons side and the positive is that Cooke may not have to play too much.

Only disappointment was daft penalties something that really needs sorting as it has always been an issue.

But a great game and well supported and thanks to Hull for that too.

Best pre-season match I've seen for a very long while.

Wouldn't have said that I would have particularly added any of the younger Hull guys into our squad at cost to own..