SAM POCKLINGTON scored in the final minute to secure Doncaster Knights victory and sign off an excellent season with a third-place finish.
The Knights, for whom three of their outstanding players – forwards Matt Challinor, Ben Hunter and Wasps-bound Robin Hislop – were making their final appearances, welcomed back a crowd for the first time in 440 days.
Doncaster finish with a record of eight wins and only two defeats, but Championship basement boys Nottingham almost spoiled the party.
They provided tough opposition throughout, not least from hooker Jake Farnworth, who went almost the lengt...