Sam Miller returns after missing last week's very useful games against Westoe and City at Hollow Drift. Tom Armstrong and Ross Wood are also back from holiday with Armo taking the place of Colin Cheslin who is unaviailable.
Blaydon, the highest placed club in Durham by some distance, got to last year's final which was never played after Mowden pulled out because of front row problems.
Repeated cry-offs are threatening the Durham Senior Cup's future, but the first round of pre-season gamnes is a useful opportunity for some competitive rugby and the chance for the bigger clubs to give some fringe players a run-out.
West: Pinchen, Rollins, Coates, Wood, Hogan, Bennett, D Boatman [capt], J Boatman, Miller, Myers, Corbett, Barker, A Dixon, Painter, Waites, Bailey, A Cheslin, Youll, Armstrong, Mallinson, Butcher , Edwards.