City travel to Brinkburn for the Regional 2 North game in second place behind unbeaten leaders Percy Park - their one defeat coming at Morpeth.
They'll take on a West side which once again has a host of changes with a number of player unavailable - partly becaue of confusion at the start of the season over whether last week or this week was the rest week. Unfortunately, it was last week.
It's led to some rejigging in the backs, in particular, with Chris Atkins making one of his strong-running forays into the centre where he'll partner Sam Knight who has made such a great start to his senior career.
Zac Southern has been the star man for the Stags in recent weeks and makes his first team return at full-back, with Kyle Jamieson clear of the injury which kept him out of the side which lost narrowly to Stockton - he'll start on the wing.
Up front Connor McLurg starts at No. 8 after his own series of impressive displays for the Stags, and there'll be a youthful bench in the shape of County Under 20's front row Louis Adamson together with Matty Baggs and Jay Anderson.
The Stags also have a youthful look as they travel to City - despite the various absences they will be able to field a proper bench this week including no less than two Siddles and two Powells
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Firsts v City Kick off 3.00 |
Stags @ City Kick off 3.00 |
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| Zac Southern | 15 | Aaron Pike |
| Lewis Scott | 14 | Jordan Painter |
| Sam Knight | 13 | Imran Mehdi |
| Chris Atkins | 12 | Martin Todd (c) |
| Kyle Jamieson | 11 | Andy Fowler |
| Matt Siddle | 10 | Jacob Parker |
| Ryan Painter (c) | 9 | Kai Pierse |
| Jack Angus | 1 | Ross Wood |
| Aidan Jackson-Smith | 2 | Liam Liston |
| Adam Hutchinson | 3 | Lewis Macleod |
| Will Corbett | 4 | Cameron Allison |
| Ollie Webster | 5 | James Tyers |
| Jake Linighan | 6 | Dan Robson |
| Isaac Robinson | 7 | Louis Wharton |
| Connor Mclurg | 8 | Nathan Fennyl |
| Tim Blades | 16 | Harry Siddle |
| Jay Anderson | 17 | Harry Powell |
| atty Baggs | 18 | Jacob Siddle |
| Tommy Powell | ||
| Charlie Geritz | ||
| Michael Parker | ||
| Graeme Scott |