Penrith will be looking at the game as an important warm up to their crucial home game with North Two East leaders Old Crossleyans next week. The Cumbrians haven't played for a few weeks, because of the weather, and will be desperate to beat Old Crocs to maintain their challenge for promotion to North One.
They were relegated last season but feel that North One is their spiritual home and are eager to return.
So far in the Cup they've won at Billingham and beaten Rochdale at home. They are a side who like to play running rugby despite the fact that their pitch. with views across to the Lakeland fells, can be on the heavy side.
We make some changes to the side which gave such a good account of itself at Hull last week. Chris Stewart takes a well earned breather allowing Jon Norris to start in the front row alongside Andy Dixon and Anth Carr.
Davy Tighe returns at scrum half while Jamie Connolly is on the bench after benefiting from some superb plastic surgery on Merseyside.Some of the team have to be back early so, for once, the lads are travelling in cars. Let's hope the weather on the A66 is kinder than the forecast suggests.
West: 15 Iain Dixon, 14 Andrew Cheslin, 13 Gareth Kerr, 12 Peter Hodgson, 11 Colin Cheslin, 10 Paul Moss, 9 Davy Tighe, 1 Anth Carr [captain], 2 Andrew Dixon, 3 Jon Norris, 4 Iain Robinson, 5 Tom Dixon, 6 Dan Boatman 7 Dominic Morrison, 8 Paul Vinnicombe. 16 Chris Stewart, 17 Tim Sawyer, 18 Jamie Connolly, 19 Carl Miller.