Doncaster CC (H) : Sun Jan 19, 2025 9:22 am  

After 2 pre-season wins against Huddersfield and Keighley we now have our first competitive game. We face Doncaster in the 2nd round of the Challenge Cup at home with a 3rd round game against Castleford waiting for the winners. Discuss the game here.

Re: Doncaster CC (H) : Mon Jan 20, 2025 5:39 am  

Sounds like a good show against Huddersfield, so need to carry that momentum and believe into this game. Providing we get through I'll be really interested to see how we fair against Cas.

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Re: Doncaster CC (H) : Mon Jan 20, 2025 9:47 am  

Assuming we've got a fit squad there are a few good selection headaches for Noble and Greenwood this week. In particular we've got 6 props and probably only space for 4 in the match 17 - who gets the nod and who has to wait?

Personally I'd go with Lawrence and Scurr as starters since that worked really well at the weekend. As for who comes off the bench that's difficult. Probably Pele for his impact and then it's a toss up between the other three as they all had their moments.

For me I'd keep the halfbacks as they are with Lilley on the bench to cover hooker and mix things up a bit. Last bench spot I'd give to Peposhi ahead of Liu. Liu scored a nice try but I thought Peposhi brought a lot of enthusiasm and made some really tough carries.

Re: Doncaster CC (H) : Mon Jan 20, 2025 10:06 am  

Bullseye wrote:

Assuming we've got a fit squad there are a few good selection headaches for Noble and Greenwood this week. In particular we've got 6 props and probably only space for 4 in the match 17 - who gets the nod and who has to wait?

Personally I'd go with Lawrence and Scurr as starters since that worked really well at the weekend. As for who comes off the bench that's difficult. Probably Pele for his impact and then it's a toss up between the other three as they all had their moments.

For me I'd keep the halfbacks as they are with Lilley on the bench to cover hooker and mix things up a bit. Last bench spot I'd give to Peposhi ahead of Liu. Liu scored a nice try but I thought Peposhi brought a lot of enthusiasm and made some really tough carries.

Interesting so you wouldn’t select waine for that last bench spot?

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Re: Doncaster CC (H) : Mon Jan 20, 2025 10:13 am  

Pyrah123 wrote:

Interesting so you wouldn’t select waine for that last bench spot?

He's a versatile player alright but I didn't see him do anything particularly eye-catching yet. Our best spells on Saturday were the first half and the latter part of the second half IMO. That 20-25 min period at the beginning of the second half we were gradually being pushed further back into our half and were kicking on the last from our 30m and 40m line. Once Mason, Michael and Peposhi came on aI thought we started to roll forward a bit more.

I'd expect Noble to go with the most experienced line up so would expect Peposhi to miss out and Waine or Liu to get the nod for the bench spot. I thought Gee and Fulton were very good as starters and no way does Hallas displace Donaldson.

Re: Doncaster CC (H) : Mon Jan 20, 2025 10:13 am  

dddooommm wrote:

Discuss the game here.

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