Re: Dons v Oldham Sunday 16th April 2023 3pm : Sun Apr 16, 2023 5:20 pm  

Happy to get the win. I thought that was probably the best 60 minutes we have played this season, looked very comfortable at 26-10 up. Then around the 60 minute mark, looked along the line and there were quite a few players who seemed to be blowing very hard, and we went into a very scrappy last 20minutes, falling off tackles, conceding tries and being quite disjointed. I think you can definitely say we were saved by the bell when the hooter sounded before Oldham could start their last play the ball 5m out!

Re: Dons v Oldham Sunday 16th April 2023 3pm : Sun Apr 16, 2023 11:05 pm  

Halliday...I believe ...let the ball bounce from a restart and they scored.
They weren't in the game and then they were...
We were holding on from a very comfortable position at 26-4.
Dead lucky after such a good display.
But we won, so everything is wonderful.

Re: Dons v Oldham Sunday 16th April 2023 3pm : Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:05 am  

Stand-Offish wrote:

Halliday...I believe ...let the ball bounce from a restart and they scored.
They weren't in the game and then they were...
We were holding on from a very comfortable position at 26-4.
Dead lucky after such a good display.
But we won, so everything is wonderful.

Re: Dons v Oldham Sunday 16th April 2023 3pm : Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:43 am  

I thought at times in the first half we looked unplayable , the support play and ball control was the best I have seem this year by far.
Dogged in defence, our pack dominated Oldham with Ferres and Tali outstanding on our left edge.

I thought our forwards overall were outstanding , with the exception of Roberts ,who looked tired when introduced after the break..

Discipline was very good , however, a few poor decisions helped get Oldham back into the contest.

As the game progressed into the latter stages we struggled to slow down the ruck speed as Oldham capitalised on our flagging defence.

Very happy with the win and the performance overall ,but we need to be smarter when it comes to closing games out.

As daft as it seems a ten minute implosion almost cost us a fantastic victory.

Re: Dons v Oldham Sunday 16th April 2023 3pm : Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:25 am  

Keith Lard's Dog wrote:

I thought at times in the first half we looked unplayable , the support play and ball control was the best I have seem this year by far.
Dogged in defence, our pack dominated Oldham with Ferres and Tali outstanding on our left edge.

I thought our forwards overall were outstanding , with the exception of Roberts ,who looked tired when introduced after the break..

Discipline was very good , however, a few poor decisions helped get Oldham back into the contest.

As the game progressed into the latter stages we struggled to slow down the ruck speed as Oldham capitalised on our flagging defence.

Very happy with the win and the performance overall ,but we need to be smarter when it comes to closing games out.

As daft as it seems a ten minute implosion almost cost us a fantastic victory.

Unplayable, fantastic and outstanding? We were good in the first 40 but those are strong words.

Re: Dons v Oldham Sunday 16th April 2023 3pm : Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:35 am  

Well Dewsbury are at London Broncos next weekend in the cup...
Let's compare that with our effort...

Re: Dons v Oldham Sunday 16th April 2023 3pm : Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:46 pm  

Match highlights: https://www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/article/1410/highlights-|-dons-26-oldham-22

Match highlights: https://www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/article/1410/highlights-|-dons-26-oldham-22

[Wanderer]

Re: Dons v Oldham Sunday 16th April 2023 3pm : Sat Apr 22, 2023 7:11 am  

Stand-Offish wrote:

Well Dewsbury are at London Broncos next weekend in the cup...
Let's compare that with our effort...

The bookies make London 6-point favourites. It was 18 against the Dons which ended up being well off the mark.

Having seen Dewsbury beat Widnes, I can't see London being complacent and it will be very interesting to see how Dewsbury go in this game.

[Wanderer]

Re: Dons v Oldham Sunday 16th April 2023 3pm : Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:45 pm  

FT London Broncos 36 Dewsbury Rams 16

Re: Dons v Oldham Sunday 16th April 2023 3pm : Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:50 pm  

We shipped 30 points more...but the pattern was very similar...
They look a bit better...