Donny

[Keep The Faith]

2pm kick off Sunday 

 

our new bogey side - can’t see more than a close defeat 

[distantdog]

14 hours ago, Keep The Faith said:

2pm kick off Sunday 

 

our new bogey side - can’t see more than a close defeat 

We've barely laid a hand on them for the past few seasons. I'd be worried if l were them though, look what happened to our opponents in our first two league fixtures!

[il cattivo]

when we sign three quarters who can tackle we might stand a chance against these type of teams.

we'll lose by 10-16 points I'm afraid.

[bulldogtrev]

The result is difficult to predict on Sunday. If Olpherts, Manning, Ellis and White are available which four players does Ford drop from the team?  Reynolds took a knock on Sunday if available will he be at half-back or fullback. 

Sunday should give supporters a better idea of the prospects for the season. 

[weighman]

Can someone please help a Doncaster fan with ticket prices . Is there a price reduction for getting tickets in advance ?

[Fevrover]

5 minutes ago, weighman said:

Can someone please help a Doncaster fan with ticket prices . Is there a price reduction for getting tickets in advance ?

Go on there website and iam pretty sure it's £2  cheaper in advance. I've just checked and it is.

Edited February 13 by Fevrover

[weighman]

I have been trying to get on website .

[RogerT]

The website is useless, there is a ticket purchasing site they use, but you can pay at the gate on the day £20 for adults.

[weighman]

Thank you Roger.

[Jemmo]

31 minutes ago, weighman said:

Can someone please help a Doncaster fan with ticket prices . Is there a price reduction for getting tickets in advance ?

Last season it worked out more expensive to buy in advance cause it put a service charge on it

[Fevrover]

30 minutes ago, RogerT said:

The website is useless, there is a ticket purchasing site they use, but you can pay at the gate on the day £20 for adults.

I've got it up as £18 in advance, as it changed?

[RogerT]

Yes last season and this the Club have gone over to a similar system as Ticketmaster and you have to pay a booking fee of a pound making it £21 so it's easier to pay cash on the day.

There is a ticket office at the side of the top turnstiles I am not sure what goes on there as I just pay my entrance fee at the gate,

[Keep The Faith]

2 hours ago, RogerT said:

Yes last season and this the Club have gone over to a similar system as Ticketmaster and you have to pay a booking fee of a pound making it £21 so it's easier to pay cash on the day.

There is a ticket office at the side of the top turnstiles I am not sure what goes on there as I just pay my entrance fee at the gate,

It’s got a card machine for people that need to use it… 

 

we do have card machines in Batley

[Jemmo]

18 hours ago, Fevrover said:

I've got it up as £18 in advance, as it changed?

The website says £18 in advance £20 on the day. The ticket website currently says £21

[Fevrover]

1 hour ago, Jemmo said:

The website says £18 in advance £20 on the day. The ticket website currently says £21

Cheers i didn't see £21, get a Fev shirt on,a tenner.

[Jemmo]

1 hour ago, Fevrover said:

Cheers i didn't see £21, get a Fev shirt on,a tenner.

How quick do ebay deliver?

[Fevrover]

12 minutes ago, Jemmo said:

How quick do ebay deliver?

Amazon better lol.

[john beer]

Excellent second half display from Batley lots of positive things to come... A very enjoyable game..this team will produce some good stuff this year, I'm sure of it.

[The scrim reaper]

A game of two halves as they say! The first half cost us the game today we just looked all over the place and I don't remember one attack that got us near to their line, I always say you need at least 12 points on the board when playing down hill to be competitive uphill second half, why do we find it so hard to score going downhill? I'll be honest at half time I thought and probably not the only one, that we weren't going to score at all, but we came out a different team the second half and turned it into a real battle which is a trademark of ours, we had donny on the ropes and lost out to a knockout blow going for the drop goal,if it goes over we probably win! I just felt as though  it could have been better organised woods had no protection in front of him and Holmes had a straight run at him and the rest is history! It was a real tough one to take after all the effort the boys put in! Nice to see Manning back doing what he always does! 

 

Edited February 15 by The scrim reaper

[IanA]

If Batley had not given away a stupid penalty on half time for answering the referee back, then the score near the end would have been 12-10 and they wouldn't have needed to think about taking a drop goal.

Ian A

[BullyXL]

I believe the DG attempt was on the 4th tackle. Perhaps go again, make a few more meters forward, enabling to take a shot from deeper in the line. Holmes would not have charged it down in that case! Too impatient/panicky.

[Keep The Faith]

We didn’t take a step back with the DG it was rushed 

 

We turned up for 20 minutes and probably didn’t deserve to win 

 

we lack another prop 

[bromleybulldog]

Just now, Keep The Faith said:

We lack another prop 

Maybe look to the Halifax situation?  Calcott and/or Dixon would probably do a good job

[bulldogtrev]

It was a good effort from the team against a Doncaster side that will finish in the top 6.

I agree that the injury to Matvejev when he came off the bench which left Batley a prop short did not help.

There is clearly work to do to improve the attacking options and the discipline of the team. I was encouraged by the Greensmith/Olpherts centre and wing partnership. The Oakes and Burton partnership did not work.

 

[RPH]

Batley Bulldogs RLFC v Doncaster RLFC - 15.02.2026 Full Match

 

 

Edited February 16 by RPH