By BEN JAYCOCK

Heartbroken: Doncaster flanker Thom Smith
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DONCASTER flanker Thom Smith described the RFU denying them a chance of promotion as ‘a carrot being dangled and pulled away at the last minute.’
Doncaster and Ealing failed to meet the minimum standards criteria for promotion to the Premiership due to stadium capacity.
Prior to the news breaking, Smith said Doncaster’s promotion bid was a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’, and is now ‘gutted’.
He said: “Our reaction to being denied promotion is a mix...