Eastbourne Eagles are banking on the New Order as they go gunning for revenge in the biggest match of the season so far at Arlington Stadium tomorrow night.

The Sussex club are aiming to ride to victory over Elite League champions and current table-toppers Poole Pirates with a new-look line-up.

Team boss Jon Cook said: "It's a big meeting for everyone, especially Davey Watt, because it's our first match with the new averages. And we owe Poole one from Good Friday."

Watt, a pivotal figure in Eastbourne's surge up the table, makes his debut as a heat leader after moving up from a reserve berth.

It is a big ask for the young Australian who joined Eagles at the start of the season, but no one doubts he has the ability to make it in the top flight.

Cook said: "Davey has been phenomenal. It's a step up for him, but I'm confident he will hold his own in the team."

Watt, who has only top guns Nicki Pedersen and David Norris ahead of him in the new pecking order, will partner skipper Dean Barker, while Adam Shields will team up with Norris.

The new partnerships, however, are not set in stone. Cook said: "We are going with these numbers for the match against Poole, but they are likely to change match by match."

The Eastbourne boss believes it is not only Watt who is facing his destiny as Eagles attempt to sink the Pirates, who completed a Good Friday double at Arlington the last time the teams met.

He said: "It's a big match for Andrew Moore as well. And Steen Jensen. We have given Andy his preferred place at No.6 whereas we were running Davey at seven."

Moore has struggled to cope this far with the move up from the Premier League but he was thrown in at the deep end, while Watt by comparison has had time to acclimatise to the change.

A lot more will be expected from Moore now that he is down at reserve, while Jensen is under pressure to produce the goods with the signing this week of Sheffield rider Richard Hall.

Hall, an England under-21 international, will be introduced to the fans tomorrow night and will practise after the meeting.

Poole beat Eagles twice on Good Friday, 50-44 at Poole in the lunch-time fixture and 46-44 at Arlington in the evening to take all five points.

That was a major blow for Eastbourne at the time, and the Sussex side will not want to go under to the Pirates again. "We were bitterly disappointed,"

said Cook.

Barker made only one start before pulling out of the meeting with a virus, while ironically Poole's chances were boosted by a crash in the first match which put Matej Ferjan out of the Arlington contest.

Ferjan, never a force round the Sussex track, had two of his rides taken by Antonio Lindback and Krzysztof Kasprzak, who both took maximum points.

Throw in a match-winning paid 11 points by Eastbourne loanee Edward Kennett and it was easy to see why Eagles felt hard done by.

Ferjan will be missing again tomorrow night because he is involved in a World Cup qualifier for his adopted Hungary, but Kasprzak is not eligible for a rider replacement ride this time and there will be no Kennett.

Grand Prix ace Ryan Sullivan, though, is warning Eastbourne they will see a new rider this time round.

Sullivan, who bombed with only six points on Good Friday, said: "I have changed my set-up completely. The bikes are running well now. It's just a case of fine tuning them."

Eagles, without a match for ten days, have dropped down the table but still rank third in the league form guide.

"Poole are not invincible, but we have to prove ourselves," said Cook.

Eastbourne: David Norris, Adam Shields, Dean Barker, Davey Watt, Nicki Pedersen, Andrew Moore, Steen Jensen.

Poole: Ryan Sullivan, Antonio Lindback, rider replacement, Bjarne Pedersen, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Ricky Ashworth, Tobias Johansson.

Tomorrow's match starts at 7.30.