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.
As fate would have it, National Two South will end the opening month of the campaign with all six of the early front runners in action against one another.
Hinckley secured a superb National Two North victory over Hull Ionians in their top of the table clash, despite being reduced to 14-men for over 50 minutes of the contest.