It means that skipper Jamie Connolly returns to inside centre where he'll be partnered by Gareth Kerr. Either Henry Tones or Paul Rudd will start on one wing, with Tommy Barff on the other, and Phil Cuff continuing at full back where he had an excellent game against league leaders Doncaster.

So did Darren Thomas, getting a rare start in his favourite No 9 shirt, and he'll be looking forward to pitting his wits against Richard Holbrough who returns for Mowden...he had a lot of teeth knocked out against Sandal.

Ollie will be at fly half for the visitors. His conversion beat us in the last second at their place and West's players are eager to get one back on their mates from Darlo.

Mowden's Jim Dyson was at Brinkbrun last Sunday and was full of praise for the spirit we showed against Donnie. He also freely admits we should have won at Mowden and will be urging his team to not take a depleted West for granted.

Still they can afford to start with England Under 21 prop James Isaacson on the bench. He played for Falcons in a couple of games early in the season but is on loan to Mowden until the end of this season.

West 15 Phil Cuff 14 Henry Tones 13 Gareth Kerr 12 Jamie Connolly [capt] 11 Tommy Barff 10 John Stabler 9 Darren Thomas 1 Mark Cholmondeley 2 Brett Culllinane 3 Michael Cook 4 Mark Baggs 5 Andrew Davies 6 Tim Sawyer 7 Dan Wright 8 Stu Bennet 16 Paul Rudd 17 Carl Robinson 18 Michael Geritz 19 Dave Ince

Mowden Park 15 Mark Bedworth 14 Chris Mattison 13 Chris Strong 12 Micky Kerr 11 Steve Jones 10 Kevan Olliphant 9 Richard Holbrough 1 Ian Keeligam 2 Matt Hall 3 Dave Sinclair 4 Johnny Marsden 5 Richard Mangles 6 Johnny Boatman 7 Darren McKinnon 8 Tim Wilks 16 James Isaacson 17 Danny Brown 18 Del Russell 19 Mark Wilkinson