As bonfire night approaches, London Irish Wild Geese will be hoping their spark doesn’t fizzle out this weekend when they take on rivals Birmingham and Solihull at Hazelwood.
Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of activity towards the summit of National Two North and this Saturday sees arguably the most significant weekend in this early promotion race.
It is third against fourth in National Two South this weekend as Henley Hawks travel to Cornwall to take on Redruth as the race for the promotion places begins to hot up.
Huddersfield may not be sitting at the summit of National Two North as the second month of the season concludes, but their scintillating form as pushed the Yorkshire outfit right into the promotion picture.
We are not even a third of the way into the new season, but for four sides towards the wrong end of National Two South, this weekend could be seen as an important one.
National Two North has already provided us with some excellent action this season and going into this Saturday, expect more of the same with key fixtures at the top and bottom of the division.
In Round Six in National Two North, Macclesfield, Leicester Lions, Peterborough Lions and Tynedale all clinched their first wins of the 2018/19 season and they will be hoping to double their tally of victories this weekend.
The top three sides in National Two South are separated by just two points at this early stage of the campaign and each team face potential ‘banana skins’ away from home in Round Six.