Doncaster Knights fight to the death to secure huge win over Worcester Warriors

25th October 2025

Doncaster knights showed unbelievable fight to secure victory over Worcester Warriors in the 80th minute, with a late Olowofela try sealing the deal. 

Doncaster Knights began the scoreboard pressure early on as an ill disciplined Warriors side gave Russell Bennett the opportunity to slot two penalties and gain a 6-0 lead. 

Worcester were the first to cross the whitewash as they moved the ball quickly to the wing before popping it back inside to Will Trewin. They added the conversion to go ahead by a point. 6-7. 

Donny continued to apply the pressure and force errors from the visitors. Bennett added another two penalties in quick succession to regain the lead 12-7. 

The Knights then extended the lead as they finally got themselves over the try line. Telusa Veainu delayed his pass brilliantly to Olowofela, and Olowofela chipped it up the wing. Connor Edwards showed fantastic pace to chase it down, gather the ball and stretch it over the line. Bennett slotted the conversion to put the Knights 19-7 up.

Warriors were penalised at the breakdown again, which gave Bennett another chance to flex his kicking skills. The penalty left the half time score 22-7.

Donny continued to battle into the second half, with some crucial defensive moments, including a huge tackle from Rokoduguni and a big turnover while defending the line. 

Despite the strong defence, the Knights were caught off guard by an intercept try from Tim Anstee, who powered his way up the wing to score in the corner. The visitors were able to regain possession at the kick off and continued to apply pressure on the knights. Another try followed as the Warriors pounced on a loose ball and booted it down the pitch. Jake Garside showed brilliant pace to get to the ball first and ground it. Conversion added, 22-19. 

A Doncaster yellow card kicked off an exciting and nail biting final ten minutes, with Worcester using the overlap to their advantage. The ball was distributed quickly to Garside on the wing who went over for his second try. 22-24. 

Ben Chapman managed to put Doncaster back on the front foot with a fantastic turnover at the breakdown. Bennett then placed a perfect touch finder to gift Donny a line out on the 22. The forwards executed the line out perfectly before allowing the backs to have it. Fox sent the ball back blind to Veainu, who offloaded brilliantly to Rokoduguni. Rokoduguni then finished the job in the corner and Bennett slotted the extras. 29-24. 

With the time ticking down, Worcester worked their way up to the try line and spent a long time trying to crack the Knights. Eventually, Billy Twelvetrees found the gap to stretch the ball over the line. A final Worcester conversion put them 29-31 up in the final minute. 

At the restart, the Knights knew they had one final chance to steal the win, and Telusa Veainu gathered a high ball to kickstart an attack. The backs whipped the ball out quickly and Joe Margetts delayed his offload perfectly to open the space for Olowofela. With the clock in the red, the winger showed brilliant pace to finish in the corner and Castle Park erupted. 

An unbelievable fight from the Knights, full time score 34-31. 

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