Doncaster and Batley : Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:15 pm  

Just had a look at the championship table and both clubs look to be struggling.

How fitting would it be if they finished the bottom 2 after what happened last season. Sport never seems to happen the way you want but this would make a nice change.

I may even step foot in either ground again!

Re: Doncaster and Batley : Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:08 pm  

More fitting if Keighley get promoted this season (then hopefully we wouldn't need to step foot in their grounds again for at least another season anyway).

Re: Doncaster and Batley : Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:28 am  

You cannot blame the two teams.
Rules were broken. The failings by the rfl are the problem.

Re: Doncaster and Batley : Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:44 pm  

Why not GW?

Had they accepted the punishment originally meted-out by the RFL then we would not have been relegated, so why aren't they to blame?

I agree that the inept administrators also had a hand in it also, but had the Clubs not played ineligible players in the first instance then this sorry saga would never have developed as it did.

Re: Doncaster and Batley : Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:19 pm  

I think, the only time I have ever wanted the Dulls to win a match was this year when they played Batley.

I am very surprised with how poor Doncaster are this season, something has certainly changed there.

Re: Doncaster and Batley : Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:43 pm  

I would see it fitting that any club using Dual Registration sees themselves near the bottom of the table. Batley is one of the clubs that represents the more sour elements of DR for me (the administration of it or lack thereof). Whereas other clubs represent the unfairness aspect when Dual Reg players significantly affected the outcome of games that we ended up losing.

What has changed at Doncaster? Do they still use Dual Reg to the same extent?

Re: Doncaster and Batley : Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:58 pm  

KRLFC wrote:

I think, the only time I have ever wanted the Dulls to win a match was this year when they played Batley.

A dilemma indeed. I was hoping they would both lose

Re: Doncaster and Batley : Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:10 pm  

Soupy wrote:

I would see it fitting that any club using Dual Registration sees themselves near the bottom of the table.
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What has changed at Doncaster? Do they still use Dual Reg to the same extent?

I completely agree with that initial statement. It didn't do Swinton any good when they were DR'd with Warrington and I hope that's a trend which we will see continue. Swinton don't do it any more so now I can say that I wish them well for the season.
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Dons is a bit strange. They had some fantastic results last season, albeit they got duffed by Batley at home in the final match Appen that was the start of their decline. I believe they have used as many as four or five Hull players in their team in at least one game this season but not sure whether they've been doing it regularly. If they have, then sorry but I hope it doesn't work.

Re: Doncaster and Batley : Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:22 pm  

666 wrote:

Why not GW?

Had they accepted the punishment originally meted-out by the RFL then we would not have been relegated, so why aren't they to blame?

I agree that the inept administrators also had a hand in it also, but had the Clubs not played ineligible players in the first instance then this sorry saga would never have developed as it did.

They appealed and got what they needed.
The rfl did not put the correct rules in place.
They are to blame full stop.

Re: Doncaster and Batley : Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:00 am  

They are both to blame, in my opinion:

The teams for knowingly doing it

The rfl for not doing something about it.

It would be interesting to see what would happen if those two teams got desperate and did it again. The RFL are already investigating Leeds and their actions with Hunslet and Featherstone. It seems like they may be doing things to try to bypass the rules.

It just says to me that the whole system is a farce