It means that Jon Boatman, player of the season so far, gets a bit of a rest on the bench with younger brother Dan keeping his place alongside Tones and Sawyer.
In the absence of Masheddar, Paul Moss is likely to get a chance at putting our goal kicking problems right. Darren Thomas moves back to 15 with Panda and the in-form Martin Todd on the wings.
Carlo Robinson is still not fit, and Mark Cholmondeley has been unable to train, but the enigmatic Ryan Phillips has put in a session or two and makes a welcome return.
Alnwick surprisingly went down at Stockton last week after winning their previous three games to claw themselves off the bottom of the table. Those victories included a 21-6 score against Sheffield at homewhich featured three push over tries. They are sensing safety so it promises to be a hard fought affair in what should be quite damp and muggy conditions.
West: 15 Darren Thomas 14 Martin Todd 13 Greg Edwards 12 Peter Hodgson 11 Andrew Hare 10 Paul Moss 9 Davy Tighe [Capt] 1 Anthony Carr 2 Brett Cullinane 3 Ryan Phillips 4 Paul Rudd 5 Andrew Davies 6 Dan Boatman 7 Henry Tones 8 Tim Sawyer 16 Jon Boatman 17 Phil Wallis 18 Andy Palmer
Alnwick 15 A Moses, 14 A Wilson, 13 J Snaith, 12 T Kirkup, 11 R Middlemass, 10 C Rayner, I Gray, 1 M Milburn, 2 G Hodgson, 3 D Allan, 4 J Fernback, 5 M Currie, 6 D Gray, 7 J Lowe, 8 D Smith [capt].
16 A Wincup, 17 A Armstrong, 18 B Ord.