Donny Knights back in form with dominant 42-15 win over Cambridge
11th October 2025
Doncaster Knights bounced back with a huge 42-15 win over Cambridge in their first CHAMP game at Castle Park.
Cambridge scored the first points of the game when Donny gave away a penalty at the breakdown, giving the visitors the opportunity to claim three points. 0-3. They continued to apply some pressure onto Doncaster and distributed the ball quickly between players, this eventually resulted in a try. A successful conversion meant they were 0-10 up.
Doncaster soon warmed into the game with an impressive try by Telusa Veainu. Connor Edwards carried hard before switching the direction of play and offloading to Bennett. Bennett broke the line and flung the ball out to Veainu. Bennett added the conversion. 7-10.
Ryan Olowofela carried brilliantly up the wing, gifting Doncaster a scrum 5m out. The pack dominated the set piece and Fox shipped the ball out quickly. Captain Ben Murphy, picked the ball from the back of the breakdown and drove his way under the posts. Bennett added the extras to make the half time score 14-10.
Ollie Fox scored a stellar try on his 50th appearance to start the second half well. It was centre, Zach Kerr who ignited the play with a brilliant chip and chase, which he gathered himself. Connor Edwards ran the support line and snatched the ball before shipping it to Rokoduguni. Rokodugni made the final offload back inside to Fox, who went the rest of the way. Bennett’s conversion was good, 21-10.
The Knights really started to come into their own as another try quickly followed for our other half-centurion, Rhys Tait. Donny executed the line out brilliantly, popping the ball up to Tait. The back row attacked the gap with great pace to get over the line. Bennett added the conversion again. 28-10.
A free kick at scrum time meant Donny could continue to attack and our centre partnership linked up brilliantly to open the space for Kerr to power over the line. Bennett with yet another conversion. 35-10.
Cambridge then claimed one for themselves with a lovely cross field kick out wide. 35-15.
It was all Donny from then on, with Zach Kerr scoring his second of the day. Fox intercepted Cambridge’s ball and tipped it backwards. Kerr gathered the ball and ran it in from about 22m out. Bennett added the final kick to earn 100% off the T.
Full time score, 42-15.
Donny are on the road again next week to face Cornish Pirates, before we host Worcester Warriors at Castle Park in a fortnight. Secure your tickets for what is set to be a huge game!
