The Firsts moved up to fourth last week after the 32-21 home win over Upper Eden -one of only two games played in Regional 2 North -points in the bag on what is proving to be a very tight league.
West have won seven of their 14 games and drawn another, while Aspatria are in the relegation play-offs despite having won five and drawn one. Bonus points make a big difference these days.
The home side will be desperate to use their Bower Park advantage to start moving clear of that dreaded relegation zone with Durham City and Guisborough firmly in their sights.
In the first meeting between the clubs in October, on a glorious day for rugby, West won 41-24 courtesy of a hat-trick from Sam Knight alongside scores from Nick Bennions, Aidan Jackson-Smith and Matty Baggs.
Sam isn't travelling this week so will line-up in a strong Stags side. However, Max Tennant is back from holiday and will be on the wing with Matt Siddle at full back. Skipper Chris Atkins is also back from injury and returns at No.8.
On the bench Connor McLurg and Alex Barker also both return to provide forwards cover with Kieran Scollay covering the backs.
Fourth place Stags take on unbeaten Alnwick IIs looking to build on a season which has exceeded all expactations following last season's promotion to CaNDY One.
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Firsts @ Aspatria Kick off 2.15 |
Stags v Alnwick 11s Kick Off 2.00 |
Bucks Squad @ Stockton Kick off 2.00 |
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| Matt Siddle | 15 | Sam Knight | Tyler Nelson |
| Lewis Scott | 14 | Max Tobin | Liam Larkin |
| Peter Youll | 13 | Owen Westhorp | Harry Hamilton |
| Ollie Connolly | 12 | Kyle Jamieson | Graeme Scott |
| Max Tennant | 11 | Jacob Wood | Patrick Jenner |
| Jobe Roxby | 10 | Zac Southern | Euan Devonshire |
| Matt Baggs | 9 | Joe Cholmondeley | Tom Carling |
| Andrew Rollins | 1 | Jack Angus | Euan Devonshire |
| Hayden Hodgson | 2 | Liam Liston | Ben Weatherall-Smith |
| Adam Hutchinson | 3 | Fraser Henderson | Tom Hunter |
| Nick Bennions | 4 | Jonny Wray - Capt | Jay Anderson |
| Elliott Reed | 5 | James Tyers | Jack Mulcahy |
| Aidan Jackson-Smith | 6 | Aaron Muir | Lewis McLeod |
| Charlie Kay | 7 | Louis Ward | James Cook |
| Chris Atkins (capt) | 8 | Ollie Webster | Morgan Hamilton |
| Tom Young | |||
| Connor McLurg | 16 | Matty Ward | Paul Dickson |
| Alex Barker | 17 | Matt Tyers | Ryan Shires |
| Kieran Scollay | 18 | Aaron Johnston | Will Collins |
| 19 | Greg Edwards | Tom Leadbeater | |
| 20 | Luke Thompson | ||
| 21 | |||