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STUART Coburn will make a return to the Robins' starting line-up when they welcome a Blackburn Rovers XI to Moss Lane tomorrow (Saturday).

Alty's number one has seen opportunities limited in preseason so far, with manager Graham Heathcote preferring to test trialist duo James Coates and Andy Ralph - the latter eventually winning a deal at the club.

As a result, Coburn has played only 90 minutes all summer but will be back between the sticks against Blackburn as Alty ready themselves for the start of the new season.

Tomorrow's friendly will be their final workout before the start of the season at Woking next Saturday.

The only absentees will be Greg Young, who required stiches in a split lip suffered against Stalybridge, and Chris Senior, who twisted his ankle against Bradford city in midweek.

Both are being rested merely as a precautionary measure and should be fit for the trip to Woking.

The good news is that Alex Meechan is back to full fitness after missing the 2-1 win over Bradford.

Meanwhile, Blackburn are expected to bring mainly a second-string squad, with the first team travelling to Wolves.

The most high profile name will likely be young Dutch striker Maceo Rigters, who rose to significance after finishing as top scorer in the 2007 European Under-21 Championships.

Heathcote said: "It's our final workout before the start of the season and we have to be looking at getting things right, tightening things up and keeping hold of the ball, which will be tough against a good team.

"We've spoken in training about what we need to do to improve defensively. Unfortunately we won't have Greg Young but we need to work on that tomorrow."