Carl comes straight into the second row with Paul Rudd dropping back and Jon Boatman taking over the No 8 shirt. Phil Henderson was the other contender for the second row spot but he's laid up wth a virus.
Martin Todd resumes at full back, as the unlucky Paul Miller returns on the wing after his knee operation, with Phil Wallis starting on the bench alongside Mark Cholmondeley. Dan Boatman makes up the trio as he gets closer to a back row start after some impressive second team performances alongside the likes of Steve Clayton and Greg Edwards.
Westoe are flying at the top of the league after coach Richard Arnold used his Falcons connections to bring in some key players including a speedy Dutch winger in J J Boske. That's in addition, of course, to our message board regular Paul Hagan who is the league's most successful goal kicker!
In the home game we gave Westoe a game, specially in the second half, and it will take all of that effort and team spirit to get any kind of result.
West: Cullinane, Carr, Phillips, C Miller, Davies, Rudd, Tones, J Boatman, Thomas, Tighe [capt],P Miller, Milne, Hodgson, Todd. Reps: Wallis, Cholmondeley, D Boatman
Westoe 15 V Bell 14 P Hagan 13 G Haswell 12 K Wilson 11 J J Boske 10 D Haswell 9 C Judson 1 G Nesbitt ( c) 2 P Tennet 3 D Wilson 4 P Bird 5 M Holland 6 G Walton 7 D Bowyer 8 R Arnold
Reps J Shabilla J Younghusband M Olugbode