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TONY Miller's Dons will face Batley Bulldogs in the inaugural Northern Rail Nines.
Doncaster have been drawn in Pool B of the new round-robin competition and will also take on Championship One promotion contenders Keighley Cougars and Hunslet Hawks.
Earlier this month the Dons were mauled 70-6 by the Bulldogs - and will hope for revenge when the sides meet again on Saturday, July 11, in the nine-a-side version of the game.
Doncaster are also scheduled to visit Batley in the Cooperative Championship on Sunday, July 19.
The Northern Rail Nines competition will see 18 teams compete in a two-day tournament at Fylde RUFC.
The top eight sides will progress to Sunday's Trophy competition, with the remaining ten teams contesting the Plate.
The finals of both the trophy and plate competitions will be played as curtain raisers to the 13-a-side Northern Rail Cup Final between Widnes Vikings and Barrow Raiders at Blackpool's Bloomfield Road on July 12.
Tickets for the Northern Rail Nines are available from the Dons and priced £9 for adults and £5 for concessions.
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WANDERER wrote:I just can't get my head around this event. How few people are expected if 18 clubs supporters are supposed to all attend Fylde RU?
It's an afterthought to give us all a nice day out in lovely Blackpool
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Joined: Mar 09 2004 Posts: 33944 Location: watching out for low flying geese
griff1998 wrote:Put it this way ... if each club brings 200, they won't all get in.
kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
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