Check out our weekly previews and predictions ahead of the weekend action.
Lydney v Hertford
Third placed Lydney entertain ninth placed Hertford at Regentsholme looking to maintain their good recent form which has seen them rise up the National Three South league table.
Lydney are second to Cambridge in the Form Guide with five wins and a draw in their last six matches including four successive wins.
They have an excellent home record with seven wins out of eight and only leaders Cambridge have left with a win this season.
Hertford have won three of their last six matches to sit half way up the Form Guide, last Saturday they were beaten at Havant as they went looking for a third straight win.
Hertford have picked up the fewest bonus points in the division with just three, two for scoring four tries or more and one losing bonus point.
They have done well on the road this season picking up four wins in seven matches including wins in the West Country over Bridgwater, Cinderford and Old Patesians.
PREDICTION: Lydney to continue good recent form with eight point win at Regentsholme. .
Rosslyn Park v Bridgwater & Albion
Fourth placed Rosslyn Park take on sixth placed Bridgwater & Albion knowing they need to win to stay above them in the table.
Park have a mean defence with only North Walsham conceding fewer points than them in the division.
They are going for a hat trick of league wins and have won four of their last five matches and are four points behind third placed Lydney.
At home this season they have won six out of seven only losing to the leaders Cambridge a couple of weeks ago and having had good wins over North Walsham and Southend.
Albion have picked up eight four try bonus points so far this season which is the joint best record in the division whilst Park have one of the worst records with just three picked up to date.
In eight matches on the road this season they have picked up four wins including good wins at Havant and Hertford.
PREDICTION: Park to win by seven points.
Southend v Westcombe Park
Fifth placed Westcombe Park travel to seventh placed Southend in confident form after their rapid rise up the table in recent weeks.
Southend have slipped to successive defeats after a run of three wins and a draw and after being in third spot for a couple of weeks have dropped to seventh in a competitive part of the league table with six sides separated by just eight points.
In seven matches at home they have only been beaten the once when losing to leaders Cambridge last Saturday 24-9, they were also held to a draw by Lydney.
Combe are looking for a fourth consecutive league win and have won four of their last five to climb into fifth spot in the table.
They have been on road trips seven times this season and picked up just two wins at Old Patesians and Reading, although three of the five defeats have come at the hands of the top three, Cambridge, North Walsham and Lydney.
PREDICTION: Tough call changed my mind twice on this one twice already but will go with home win by four points. |
