The forecast is for 30 mph gales and some heavy showers so it may not be the prettiest of games.
Boro have a big pack and some pacy backs and a points machine in full back Simon Moore. After coming down last season they've recruited some of the well known North East "pros" in our very own lock Chris "The Claw" Web, No 8 Ritchie Barker and back row Marty Howe, stand off Paul Lee and centre Dave Richardson.
But former Falcon Richie Horton is missing from the front row with an injured shoulder.
Boro are at the top of the league, thanks to running in plenty of points against Percy Park and Horden, and suffered their only defeat at Driffield when they made a storming second half come-back but couldn't secure the points.
They'll face a quietly confident West side bolstered by the return of skipper Davy Tighe at scrum half and Paul Rudd in the second row. "Garse" had a quiet start to the season by his own standards - but a month's lay-off because of injury should have sharpened his appetite.
As a metter of interest these are the team which fougt out the draw at Middlesbrough back in January 2004:
Boro: S. Moore, A Miclewright, M Featherstone, ALittle, L Davis, I Bircham, P Wright, C Horton, R Horton, D Sawdon, J Dixon, I Bradford, M Hatfield, G Fingland [capt], M Parkin
West Martin Todd [Mark Thompson [55], Steve Black, Peter Hodgson, Allan Milne, Andrew Hare, Phil Wallis, Darren Thomas, Anthony Carr, Brett Cullinane, Carl Robinson, Carl Miller [Michael Geritz 65], Paul Rudd, Andrew Davies, Henry Tones, Stu Bennett [capt]. Reps: Mark Thompson, Davy Tighe, Michael Geritz
Tomorrow's teams:
West 15 Martin Todd 14 Chris Lambert 13 Greg Edwards 12 Peter Hodgson 11 Gavin Painter 10 Paul Moss 9 Davy Tighe [capt] 1 Anth Carr 2 Brett Cullinane 3 Jon Norris 4 Paul Rudd 5 Andrew Davies 6 Dan Boatman 7 Aaron Myers 8 Jon Boatman 16 Andrew Hare 17 Carl Robinson 18 Carl Miller
Middlesbrough15 S Moore 14 A Micklewright 13 Rust 12 D Richardson 11 S O'Farrell 10 P Lee 9 P Wright 1 I Warsama 2 B Horton 3 C Chapman 4 C Webb 5 I Bradford 6 G Fingland 7 M Howe 8 R Barker 16 T Rhatighan 17 B Pattinson 18 P Wrathmall