Having deservedly led by 18-10 at half time, Hornets saw this game turn on three key incidents close to the hour mark.

The first was one we've seen before. For the first 15 minutes of the second half Doncaster had bombarded the Hornets line. Some somewhat indifferent refereeing by Ashley 'Klown' had given the Dragons enough sets of six to claw their way back into contention with a 47th minute try, but as the hour crept round they were out of steam, out of ideas and on the back foot. Hornets took the ball downfield and with the Dons defence all over the place, Sam Butterworth committed his regular sin of putting the ball down before regaining his feet.

The pressure was off, Doncaster's penalty took them to the Hornets line and Mark McCully was sin-binned for something only 'Klown' saw. Doncaster took advantage of the extra man and scored.

The next set of six, Doncaster pressed again, this time Dave Newton flung out an arm and the flailing 'clothes line' tackle on Handford saw Hornets reduced to eleven and Doncaster make the game safe. By the time McCully returned to the field, the Dragons had exploited their two man advantage to the tune of three tries and, despite a brave, scrambling effort, Hornets were out on their feet with the game disappearing into the distance.

Given Hornets' first half performance, the turnaround was particularly galling. Doncaster had raced into a 10-nil lead before Hornets were out of the blocks, but once thry'd got a sniff of Doncaster's lack of pace out wide, they were unstoppable. On 22 minutes new boy Andy Saywell latched onto a loose Doncaster pass to race 80 metres to score, leaving Marlon BIlly in his wake and skinning the full back for good measure.

On the half hour a busting break from Dave Cunliffe left the Doncaster defence for dead and, despite a desperate ankle tap, he dived in to score. on 37 minutes, quick hands moved the ball right and it was Saywell again birsting onto a searching ball. Billy was nowhere in sight as he lunged iin to score.

With the hooter imminent, Andy Gorski broke up the middle of the park, Lee Birdseye covered a lot of ground through heavy traffic to support, but the pass was a little too ambitious; the ball went to ground and the hooter brought the Hornets fans to their feet.

Sadly, the second half didn't go quite to plan.

Undoubtedly, the 'crazy ten minutes' was the fulcrum on which this game spun, but a penalty count of 18-10 underlines Ashley 'Klown's' somewhat interesting interpretation of some of the subtler laws of the game.

Despite the gallinig manner of this defeat, there were many positives. Only when Hornets were reduced to eleven could Doncaster find a route through our defence. And, certainly for 50 minutes of this game, Hornets look like they are capable of competing effectively in NL1.

With Halifax and Keighley still struggling to win, all we need is a fair go and a bit of luck.