The Dons v Cornwall fixture will be broadcast live on Our League this Saturday April 16th 1-00pm free to view.

Hoping that Ben Howe can get some minutes for this game ( presume that he is fit after the off season injury)

Cheers Geoff...

Eagles v London Broncos is taking place at 3pm after our match ends. Season ticket holders can watch for free.

Brad Foster, Wellington Albert and Lewis Bienek might be playing for London.

Brandon Douglas, Liam Johnson and Matty Chrimes might be playing for Sheffield.

Ben Howe named in the initial matchday squad of 21

https://www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/ ... -for-horne Stripping it back to basics and not happy with the backs and the need to concentrate minds. Interesting.

https://www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/ ... -for-horne Stripping it back to basics and not happy with the backs and the need to concentrate minds. Interesting.

Richard Horne, “It’s been tough to take with the results we’ve had but the teams we’ve come across are settled whereas we’re trying to bed in a lot of new boys."

Why did we not have more pre-season games to help bed them in?

Ben Howe gets the starting full back role, Ross Whitmore starting hooker.

Not doing bad for a side with no left side....
But mega boring ....
We'd be behind to a decent side...

Turned it off at half time and went shopping liked the look of Ben Howe at fullback, thought he did okay there, took his try well. The shoulder charge on him which meant he went down injured not spotted by the Worlds most unfit ref.

Apart from a few borrowed players, a couple of old stagersand Ben Johnston...the Don's are team of lads.
They will improve...but they don't have the time.
Glad I watched on OurLeague...hardly worth the trip out.

Don’t know if it’s something to do with missing a couple of seasons but I’m finding watching the Dons to be quite boring at present.

I’m glad I don’t have to pick a man of the match because I’m struggling to see anyone stamping any authority on any games so far.

A win is a win I guess but looking at Cornwall, it was always a case of how many would we score.

My highlight: their score that started from a risky pass inside their own in-goal area.

Hopefully, better things to come.

The home game on 1st May will be a decent indicator for this season IMO.

Cornwall tried hard and I wish them well. It's difficult starting out from scratch as they're doing.

It was a tough one for the Dons in that we were always expected to win, so if we didn't win by plenty and concede few, we may appear to have under-achieved.

Promising performances from Ben Howe and Robbie Storey. I hope Travis Corion's try helps give him some confidence.

I stayed on to watch Eagles v London Broncos. Brad Foster got sin-binned early on. The extra size of the players, the intensity of the game and the players' ability to back up when needed were a decent notch up from League One standard.

Eagles won easily in the end but the sides looked closely matched in the first half. The Sheffield forwards worked hard to grind London down and Anthony Thackray was outstanding at scrum half. Both teams tried to do things differently, London often top-loaded the open side by bringing the short-side winger over and one of Sheffield's tries was from a switch back play. It was good to see some innovation from the coaches.

I felt a bit jealous as I drove home... I wish we could get to the Championship and have a side that could compete. It seems a long, long time since we finished fourth in that league.

Never mind, I'm looking forward to the Oldham match in a couple of weeks' time.