Tinker and Jonny have been cornerstones of the unbeaten league run and their services will be invaluable as we face the tricky league trip to Pontefract, who scored five tries at our arch rivals Aspatria last week, and then Aspatria themselves at Brinkburn on the last Saturday of the month.
If Tim Sawyer had wanted to rest more players his chances were limited by interesting fixtures for both the Stags and the "3Ams".
The Stags are at Penrith where they will be looking to turn promise into points. A weakened Stags surprised themselves by running hot favourites Blaydon close a couple of weeks ago, but then suffered cry-offs by Darlington and Carlisle IIs.
With the likes of Peter Hodgson, Neil Howe and Colin Cheslin all unavailable, for one reason or another, our backs resources are a bit stretched across three teams.
So, apart from Davy Tighe being given a chance to return to match fitness, the backs will be unchanged against Lymm [kick off 3.00].
They certainly clicked against Carlisle last week running in no less than ten tries between them - including a hat trick for powerful new boy Rob Thorn.
The front five will also be the same as last week, but in the back row Carl Miller partners Dan Boatman with the ever improving Dave Garside at No 8.
The Intermediate Cup allows four replacements and Phil Wallis, Henry Tones and Ryan Phillips will be looking to get on and make an impression.
A total of 78 Level 6 clubs across the country will be in the first round with seeded teams from Level 5 [North One etc] joining in the next round. The prize is a Twickenham final and some fixtures towards the end of the season. Failure in cups, as we found out last season, results in some empty Saturdays in the spring.
Our visitors from Cheshire are currently fourth in North 2 West having lost only one game at home to second placed Stockport. Last season they were runners-up with a play-off final trip to Sheffield Tigers, who had been beaten at Brinkburn the previous week. However, Tigers on their own patch are a different matter and they ran out easy winners 50-10 to book their place in North One.
West 15 Gavin Painter
14 Andrew Hare
13 Rob Thorn
12 Greg Edwards
11 Darren Thomas
10 Paul Moss
9 Davy Tighe
1 Anth Carr [capt]
2 Andrew Dixon
3 Carl Robinson
4 Tom Dixon
5 Andrew Davies
6 Carl Miller
7 Dan Boatman
8 Dave Garside
16 Ryan Phillips
17 Henry Tones
18 Paul Williamson
19 Phil Wallis
Lymm 15 D Williamson
14 M Barnes-Smith
13 T Bray
12 A Fletcher [capt]
11 J Johnson
10 D Naylor
9 C Kinsey
1 C Naylor
2 N Girdlestone
3 K Broadbent
4 J Warrington
5 O Higginson
6 A Williamson
7 J Ashall
8 M Sutton
16 Z Lythgoe
17 J Cundick
18 A Rockey
19 G Barry
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Author: Barry Allen
Date: 14-10-07 00:06
I think that the draw for the 2nd round is next Tuesday 16th of October. Why do you want to know? Do you want to see who Lymm are playing?
Barry A. (Broughton Park F.C.)
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Author: Supercodhead
Date: 16-10-07 12:30
Tattie>>>do not associate me with Minging Campbell on our message board>>>now hes resigned for the liberals i hope we dont see more of him on here>>>>
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