Whitehaven v Dons Sunday 18/8/24 3pm : Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:11 am
Whitehaven's last six games:Bradford (A): Lost 58-0
Widnes (H): Lost 24-12
Sheffield (A): Lost 78-24
Swinton (A): Won 22-20
Toulouse (H): Lost 34-24
Fev (A): Lost 66-0
Points scored = 82, Points conceded = 277; Average For = 14, Average Against = 46
The Dons will certainly be favourites. I'd reckon the bookmakers will ask us to give Whitehaven 12 points start.
On a separate note, I missed the Toulouse game due to my wife Carol's terminal illness. It's the first home game I've missed since January 2015 when we played Cas in a pre-season friendly. I'm not sure when I'll next be able to attend.
Apologies if I go quiet on here as I'm tied up with lots of issues at home.
It's at times like this that full match replays would be handy instead of the downright awful 'tries only' highlights. Whoever puts the highlights together clearly has no appreciation that a rugby match is much more than 'tries only'.