Huddersfield Town 1, Doncaster Rovers 2

Oct 18 2006 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Rachubka dominated well and, in a furious late spell of attacking by Doncaster before the deciding goal, he saved well from Theo Streete and Price, blocked the latter with his feet and then made smart stops to deny Paul Heffernan and Sean Thornton all in the space of a few seconds.

At that stage Town appeared to have switched off, assuming it would go straight to penalties (there was no scheduled extra-time), but they were quickly painted into a corner.

Doncaster, who've lost only once since Sean O'Driscoll took charge, seemed quicker and more inventive on the ball, even though skipper Jon Worthington ploughed through plenty of tackles, Abbott and Chris Brandon produced some neat flicks and runs and substitute Michael Collins did well when he went on.

Right-back Hardy, too, linked well and if Andy Holdsworth doesn't make it to Vale Park this weekend then Town have clearly got a ready-made replacement in the absence of injured Tom Clarke.

Hardy took his chance well, showed exactly the right attitude and passed the ball accurately, something Town didn't do enough of in the first half and which, ultimately, brought their downfall at the end.

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