Colin Cheslin is also fit again and will be on the bench, with Davy Tighe continuing at fly half and Stu Waites at full back.
The challenge for the side is to continue a run which has seen them prevent the opposition from scoring a try in the last three games. If they do it'll be a fitting present for Birthday Boys Andrew Rollins and Kevan Oliphant.
It won't be easy against a home side fighting to stay out of the relegation zone, and which managed to inflict a rare home defeat on Wheatley Hills last week. As a result M&N moved from 11th place to eighth - such is the competition in the bottom half.
It's equally competitive up at the top. Runaway leaders leaders Cleckheaton look uncatchable, but any one of four clubs could achieve the play-off spot. YMCA got a bonus point last week but Pocklington surprisingly lost at home to Northern.
We looked odds on for a bonus point at half time last week when we turned round two tries to the good against Boro. Owen Bennett was keeping up with the game in his sickbed via our Live Match Update, and admits the lack of updates in the second half had him twitchy. Sadly, there wasn't much to report as the gloom descended.
We are finding it a little harder to get across the try line these days which is a contrast to the start of the season when the firmer pitches saw us run in a few tries. The first game against Malton & Norton saw a 46-14 scoreline including a hat trick for Ryan Painter and a couple of tries from fleet footed M&N winger Tom Newitt who isn't in the home team selected for this week.
Malton and Norton: Ian Cooke, Paul Angus, Ben Woodhouse, Pat Fifita, Setaleki Atiola, Charlie Ramsay, Tom Boyle, Paul Dobson, Simon Thompson, Ed Gwilliam, Mark Bradshaw, Sean Emms, Alistair Coe, George Harrison, Sam Triffitt [c]. Changes: Harry Shepherd, Adam Turnbull, Tom Parsons.
West: Stu Waites, Scott Butcher, Andrew Cheslin, Liam Bailey, Luke Mallinson, Davy Tighe, Ryan Painter, Ian Pinchen, Andrew Rollins, Adam Coates, Owen Bennett, Michael Hogan, Dan Boatman [c], Jon Boatman, Sam Miller. Changes: Colin Cheslin, Jack Angus, Jay Corbett.