York Preview

By Dave Picken - January 4 2008
York Preview
Back Row
Tom Dixon is unavailable for the trip down the A19 to York so Carl Miller starts in the second row with Henry Tones. There's also a change in the backs, with Neil Howe struggling with a knock, and Greg Edwards coming in after his excellent display on Boxing Day.

Anth Carr does return in the front row after serving his suspension and takes over as skipper from Peter Hodgson who moves to inside centre to accommodate Greg.

On the wing Colin Cheslin retains his place after notching two excellent tries against Rovers.

Tim Sawyer will be looking to the side to start where they left off at Rovers where they controlled the second half and should really have scored more points.

York will provide stiff opposition on their own pitch. They're looking to move away from the relegation zone doing themselves no harm at the beginning of December beating Old Crocs at home, and then winning at Aldwinians. The wheels then promptly fell off on the Saturfday before Christmas when they nipped across to Driffield for a comprehensive 62-0 thrashing.

West: 15 Gavin Painter 14 Colin Cheslin 13 Greg Edwards 12 Peter Hodgson 11 Rob Thorn 10 Paul Moss 9 Davy Tighe 1 Anth Carr [capt] 2 Andrew Dixon 3 Carl Robinson 4 Paul Rudd 5 Carl Miller 6 Dan Boatman 7 Henry Tones 8 Jon Boatman 16 Bret Cullinane 17 Dave Garside 18 Darren Thomas