West go into the league game boosted by scoring 40 points at promotion rivals Sunderland last week, while Rockcliff, after a great start to the season, have eased off in recent weeks. They went down 35-24 at Rovers last week after being reduced to 14 men with a red card for a flanker, and have slipped to 7th - their lowest position so far.
However, they are always dangerous on their artificial grass pitch with their backs willing to have a go from anywhere. So do West's, of course, with wingers Max Tennant and Will Hilditch sharing 26 tries with Max averaging more than one try per game.
The game at Brinkburn was entertaining with a 46-10 win for West and with those wingers both scoring twice.This week's game doesn't look like a 3-3 draw - specially with a better weather forecast for Saturday.
Not too many changes from last week. Chris Atkins is unavailable, and deserves a rest, so Jake Linighan continues in the back row alongside Alex Barker and Jay Corbett.
Adam Hutchinson is available again and comes into the ront row with Adam Coates, in what he says is his last season, providing cover on the bench together with Isaac Robinson and Jake Tennant.
The Stags will be looking to put last week's defeat Sunderland Shipwrights behind them, They were leading for most of the game but ended up losing 22-21. Michael Hogan returns to action this week following in the footsteps of Scott Butcher last week.
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Firsts @ Rockcliff Kick off 2.00 |
Stags v Stockton IIs Kick off 2.00 |
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| Matt Siddle | 15 | Dom Cox |
| Will Hilditch | 14 | Jordan Painter |
| Davy Heckles | 13 | Zac Southern |
| Ollie Connolly | 12 | Martin Todd |
| Max Tennant | 11 | Dan Quinn |
| Sam Heron | 10 | Stu Waites |
| Ryan Painter (capt) | 9 | Jacob Parker |
| Tim Blades | 1 | Craig Hadwen |
| Aidan Jackson-Smith | 2 | Alex Johnson |
| Adam Hutchinson | 3 | Charlie Caswell |
| Will Corbett | 4 | James Tyers |
| Ollie Webster | 5 | Jonny Wray |
| Jake Linighan | 6 | Liam Larkin |
| Alex Barker | 7 | Charlie Kay |
| Jay Corbett | 8 | Glynn Pickering |
| Jake Tennant | 16 | Joe Picken |
| Adam Coates | 17 | Callum Tregar |
| Isaac Robinson | 18 | Nathan Fenny |
| Cam Allison | ||
| Michael Hogan | ||
| Scott Butcher | ||
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