Blackie will be a miss. His power and strength have been a feature of our unbeaten run of four league games and, by all accounts, his try last week was a gem.

Tommy Barff will be an able deputy with Panda on the other wing.

Otherwise its the same side which took a 17-0 lead against Redcar who fought back to reduce the winning margin to just five points.

Chummer will be wanting to leave on a high. He gets his chance again because the management want to give young Anth Carr an extended run out at lock alongside his mate Carl Miller. That frees Chocky up to play in the back row.

That could be a key area of the game. Alan Brown started his first match for some time for Stockton last week in their home win over Northern. But he won't be playing tomorrow because he has gone down with a very bad cold - so New Year kisses from him then girls. He was also an unhappy spectator when we won a poor game at Stockton by 14-9.

That was Thommmo's last appearance and lets hope that, if he gets on for a 20 minute gallop, he'll come through unscathed. He deserves some better luck.

West Martin Todd, Andrew Hare, Peter Hodgson, Allan Milne, Tommy Barff, Phillip Wallis, Darren Thomas, Mark Cholmondeley, Brett Cullinane, Carl Robinson, Carl Miller, Anthony Carr, Andrew Davies, Henry Tones, Stu Bennett [capt].

Reps: Michael Geritz, Paul Rudd, Mark Thompson.

Stockton: Andy Burr, Dave Brady, Steve Thornton, Scott Pound, Simon Clozier, Jeremy Good, Peter Armstrong, Gary Skirving, Danny Newhead, Simon Brown, Keith Etherington, Mark Skirving, Brett Wildridge, Tony Smith, Wayne Brown.

Reps: Barry Jenkinson, Ian Todd, Paul Underwood.