Selby RUFC will be just three games away from a Twickenham final if they triumph on Saturday.

Victory over Hereford in the Intermediate Cup fourth round at Sandhill Lane (2.15pm) will put them through to the last 16.

Selby have been fortunate in that they have been drawn at home in all of this year's first four rounds and will be hoping to make the advantage count again.

In the first round they beat Huddersfield YMCA 38-10, then despatched Yarnbury 47-14 and last time out defeated Caldy, from North 2 West, 35-27.

Selby make four changes from the side beaten at Beverley last week.

Martin Protheroe replaces Paul Scott on the wing - otherwise the back division remains the same.

In the forwards, second row forward Jason Cicero is unavailable - Mathew Mills returns to the side to replace him. Richard Nicholson has recovered from a neck injury and returns at flanker with Mark Rollinson reverting to the second row in place of Leeds Academy player Ben Marshall.

Ian Copperwheat starts on the bench and is joined by Kevin Lowery, Jamie Pocklington and Martin Bramley who makes a return to the senior squad for the first time for over a year.

Hereford have a rich history having competed at National League level in Division 4 North from season 1990-91.

The following season they just missed out on promotion to National League 3.

However, things started to go downhill in the 1994-95 season when they lost their National League status with their great rivals Worcester taking their place.

The next six years were spent in Midlands Division 1 before relegation to Midlands 2 West for the 2002-03 season.

Since then Hereford have dropped a further League to Midlands 3 West (South) and are currently mid table.

Selby last reached this stage eight years ago when they lost 44-5 at Doncaster.

Pocklington welcome back a clutch of players for their fourth round Powergen Vase encounter with Northallerton at Percy Road (2pm).

Pocklington, in third place in Yorkshire Two, are a league above Northallerton, but they cannot afford to take the visitors lightly as Northallerton beat Bradford Salem, currently second in Yorkshire Two, by 13-5 earlier in the competition.

For Saturday, Pocklington name a 20-man squad which includes fly half Kevin Bowling, who went back home to watch Wales last week, and brothers Sandy and Henry Mitchell.

In the pack both prop Perry Hardy and lock Mark Biggin are missing. But Glen O'Hara returns after a trip to Dublin, and Pocklington also include back row Rob Schingler. Schingler came through the junior ranks at Percy Road and played for North of England Schools before joining Leeds Tykes Academy. He came back to Pocklington a month ago and is included in the senior squad for the first time.

Malton and Norton travel to Thornesians for their Yorkshire Shield tie which was postponed on November 6.

Of last week's starters, only full-back Ian Cooke and scrum-half Andy Newsome remain in the threequarters.

Tom Stephenson and Elliott Richardson take over the wing berths and David Webster and George Mosey will take over in the centre. Skipper Chris Creber will start his first game in four weeks at fly-half after a niggling hamstring injury.

Andy Mitchell broke a rib last week and with David Cooke (broken collar bone) out, Richard Webster will move from the second row to fill one flanker place with Chris Robson occupying the other.

John Dobson will make his first start in the second row after some impressive displays in the second team.

York, without a league or cup game, have arranged a home club match against Pontefract.

Ian Davies, who missed the league defeat at Percy Park last week, returns at No 8.

Prop Dave Dorking will be among a clutch of forwards to be rested.

Harrogate, in desperate need of points to pull away from the relegation zone, tackle Bracknell at Claro Road in National Two.

Updated: 11:01 Friday, November 26, 2004