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By Dave Picken - March 12 2010
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Waites
Stu Waites gets his chance at scrum half as we take on league leaders Stockport at Brinkburn [kick off 3.00]. Both Davy Tighe and Peter Hodgson are away - but the side is boosted by the inclusion of last week's Man of the Match Darren Thomas.

Dash was originally unavailable but has been able to change his arrangements to give the side a welcome boost.

Stephen Stockdale continues in the front row, with the returning Carlo Robinson on the bench. Andrew Cheslin is the man to replace Hodgy in the centre with brother Colin and Gareth Kerr on the wings.

It's a signficiantly different side to the one which gave Stockport a hard 20 minutes in the first fixture - eventually succumbing 31-0. That was the game where Tim Sawyer injured is knee in the first few minutes.

Antony Cameron and Ben Lloyd gave battling displays in rare first team outings that day, and that spirit will be needed against the high flyers.

It's looking like a battle to the wire between Stockport and Morley who also have to visit Brinkburn. The Yorkshiremen have a game in hand so our visitors will be more than eager for the points.

Mathematically, we are also pretty desperate for them. We have five games left, four of them are at Brinkburn, so there's still more than pride at stake.

West: Darren Thomas, Colin Cheslin, Andrew Cheslin, Jamie Connolly, Gareth Kerr, Paul Moss, Stu Waites, Anth Carr [capt], Andrew Dixon, Stephen Stockdale, Andrew Davies, Tom Dixon, Adam Howard, Dan Boatman, Jon Boatman. Reps: Carl Robinson, Paul Rudd, Scott Butcher.

Stockport: 15 Steve Pearson 14 James Drew 13 Craig Cooper 12 Jamie Anthony 11 Gary Newton 10 Matt Bebbington 9 Sandy Rimmer 1 Andy Fuller 2 Alex Hooley 3 Jan Anderson 4 John Cammiss 5 Paul Ralph 6 Dave Hopkins 7 Reuben Harvey 8 Dave Marwick (Capt.) 16 Luke Haidinger 17 John Wilson 18 Rob Wellock

Refereee: Wayne Fallah [North Society]