George Wacokecoke previews this weekends battle with Bedford!
3rd April 2025
Doncaster Knights are looking to make it five wins in a row at the weekend. The Yorkshire team will face Bedford Blues at Castle Park on Saturday.
Centre, George Wacokecoke explained how important it was that the Knights backed up their win against Ealing with a big win at London Scottish: “It was very important. I think, with how the results have gone through the season, it was quite easy for us to get up for the so-called big games.
But in the Championship, you know, we’ve had to learn that every single game is a big game. And, it was very nice to see that, come to fruition against Scottish.”
He also discussed how the team’s form has boosted their confidence recently, “I think the biggest thing for us is not looking too far ahead, it’s just thinking about the next day and the next game. I think we’ve, had a good patch at the moment and we’re just focusing on our drills and things that we can control. It’s really boding well and hopefully we can continue that on for the rest of the season.”
Wacokecoke explained what he believes is required to go well against Bedford:
“I think it’ll just be a quick start more than anything else, It’s at home and they want to play a good brand of rugby. So for us you know, it’s about fronting up physically as well as still playing the brand of rugby that we want to impose on them. And to mainly just keep doing the same thing we did against Scottish.”
Doncaster Knights lost 35-18 to Bedford earlier in the season, Wacokecoke said, “Last time I think we were just caught off guard more than anything else, we didn’t give the best account of ourselves. We are going into it focusing on the things that we can control so hopefully it’ll be a different result.”
He also highlighted the importance of having our fans behind us this weekend. “The impact is massive to be honest with you. Even the crowd who came to the away game at Scottish, you know, that was very much appreciated and we really felt that as well.”
Any noise, makes a massive difference to the boys on the pitch, especially when you’re getting tired. It makes a massive difference.”
