Whitehaven 19 man squad - Lepori, Calvert, Parker, McAvoy, Seymour, Davies, Newton, Allen, Hepi, Coyle, Fox, Brocklebank, Aiye, Wilde, Johnson, Gore, Leuluai, Craven, Hulme.



Sheffield 19 man squad - Laulu-Togagae, Turner, Yere, Smeaton, Taulapapa, Briggs, Brambani, Thorpe, Davey, Battye, Knowles, Straugheir, Walker, Aston, Tagaloa, Tonks, Davies, South, Worrincy.

That's a pretty impressive last 5 players on dual reg from Widnes.



It's gonna be tough in the wind and rain.



#JoinTheJourney

Maybe the work will be finished by 4.15.

I do appreciate optimism in people

- but in this matter it is highly unlikely.Taken from the Donny website -



[i the pitch renovation at the Keepmoat Stadium, which will commence after our home tie with Workington Town on May 17th.[/i



Reseeding for the soccer season?



Does the club take the game out of Sheffield,or use the opportunity to attract new and lapsed supporters with a game back in Sheffield as a taster for the new stadium?

I remember we played Donny in the 2013 NRC semi-final at that other rugby pitch which is on the Keepmoat facility. Hopefully it's not there, but if it is I'd settle for the same result!

Hillsborough would suit me

Is there any radio coverage of this match?

BBC Radio Cumbria would be your best bet. Regular updates I should imagine.

Radio Cumbria are commentating on Barrow v Gloucester All Golds

Betting Update

We cant afford to lose these type of games if we want to finish in the top 4 bookies have us as 14 point favourites I wont be having a bet as the pitch may not suit our style of play and we have a W3 L7 record at Whitehaven however on a positive note the team travelled yesterday so should be fresh for the game my prediction

Cumbria had heavy rain last night could be a gluepot of a pitch which will keep the score down Whitehaven 16 Sheffield 26



Some interesting matches the highlight being Fev v Bradford with the away team being 6 point favourites London look to have another tough road trip this time to Leigh who are 20 point favourites. dewsbury are 6 point favs at Hunslet.Interesting game at Batley Halifax are slight favourites and lastly another south yorkshire club travelling to Cumbria Donny at Workington Difficult match to assess the bookies agree and donny only slight favourites



Again wont risk my money at this stage of the season but if i had to have a bet i would have Dewsbury -6 Bet Vic 10/11 and Leigh - 18 Ladbrokes 10/11

Great win - Onward and upward!

Good win today, followed the game on twitter it sounded like both teams made loads of handling errors was this down to a muddy pitch ??? An area of concern is our kicking game our conversation rate was something like 0/5 by two or three different players Brambanni is our regular kicker why did he not take the kicks ?



I know its early in the season but I am optmistic about us finishing in the top 4 Fev's big home defeat by Bradford today and previous close wins against Hunslet and Doncaster suggest they are beatable this season and London have had a poor start we have already had one convincing win against them and are playing them 3 times, we are probably better than the likes of Halifax Dewsbury Doncaster and Batley