Doncaster RLFC • Dons v Rochdale Sunday 7th August 2022 3pm
Current League Table (Pld, Pts, Pts Difference, Maximum Possible Points):
Keighley: 15, 30, +653, MAX 40
N Wales: 16, 26, +320, MAX 34
Swinton: 15, 24, +352, MAX 34
Dons: 15, 22, +216, MAX 32
Rochdale: 15, 22, +185, MAX 32
All the above have got to play Keighley.
Top Five Clashes:
North Wales have got to play both Rochdale and Swinton so points will be dropped there.
Swinton have only got to play N Wales.
Dons have Sunday's match with Rochdale.
Rochdale play the Dons and N Wales.
What's the best scenario for the Dons?
If we beat Keighley with the other three teams losing to Keighley, we improve relatively speaking by 2 points. Providing we also beat Rochdale on Sunday, the Maximum Points would then look like this:
Keighley: 15, 30, +653, MAX 38
N Wales: 16, 26, +320, MAX 32
Swinton: 15, 24, +352, MAX 32
Dons: 15, 22, +216, MAX 32
Rochdale: 15, 22, +185, MAX 28
If Swinton lost against Keighley and N Wales, (beating Hunslet (H), Oldham (H) and W Wales (A), they'd finish on 30 points.
If N Wales lost to Keighley (A), beat Swinton (H), lost to Rochdale (H) and beat Cornwall (A), they'd have 30 points.
If we win all our remaining games, we'd have 32 points. With a favourable wind, we could finish second. Any defeat means we can't better 30 points.
With our inferior points difference, it's hard to see how we could climb above N Wales or Swinton especially as N Wales have still got to play Cornwall and Swinton have got to play W Wales.
If we win our last five games, we'll certainly be in with a fighting chance regardless of where we finish in the league but a home tie in the final doesn't look on the cards.
The other big game this weekend is Swinton v Keighley. We certainly don't want Swinton to win. If they do, the Dons coming second will be almost impossible.
Keighley: 15, 30, +653, MAX 40
N Wales: 16, 26, +320, MAX 34
Swinton: 15, 24, +352, MAX 34
Dons: 15, 22, +216, MAX 32
Rochdale: 15, 22, +185, MAX 32
All the above have got to play Keighley.
Top Five Clashes:
North Wales have got to play both Rochdale and Swinton so points will be dropped there.
Swinton have only got to play N Wales.
Dons have Sunday's match with Rochdale.
Rochdale play the Dons and N Wales.
What's the best scenario for the Dons?
If we beat Keighley with the other three teams losing to Keighley, we improve relatively speaking by 2 points. Providing we also beat Rochdale on Sunday, the Maximum Points would then look like this:
Keighley: 15, 30, +653, MAX 38
N Wales: 16, 26, +320, MAX 32
Swinton: 15, 24, +352, MAX 32
Dons: 15, 22, +216, MAX 32
Rochdale: 15, 22, +185, MAX 28
If Swinton lost against Keighley and N Wales, (beating Hunslet (H), Oldham (H) and W Wales (A), they'd finish on 30 points.
If N Wales lost to Keighley (A), beat Swinton (H), lost to Rochdale (H) and beat Cornwall (A), they'd have 30 points.
If we win all our remaining games, we'd have 32 points. With a favourable wind, we could finish second. Any defeat means we can't better 30 points.
With our inferior points difference, it's hard to see how we could climb above N Wales or Swinton especially as N Wales have still got to play Cornwall and Swinton have got to play W Wales.
If we win our last five games, we'll certainly be in with a fighting chance regardless of where we finish in the league but a home tie in the final doesn't look on the cards.
The other big game this weekend is Swinton v Keighley. We certainly don't want Swinton to win. If they do, the Dons coming second will be almost impossible.
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