- Melrose have got the balance spot-on between controlling the game at the pit-face with their powerful pack and cutting loose with that exciting back-line.
- Alex Hagart is hitting a bit of form for Heriot’s, meaning that they can expect to have a steady hand on the tiller as they belatedly set about mounting their title defence.
- A very young Currie team have kept their belief during a difficult start to the season – and will be a much tougher proposition from now on thanks to that experience.
- Despite living off scraps, Boroughmuir have the attacking ambition and the guts to pick up bonus points against the big boys – but will that be enough?
- Glasgow Hawks can be serious contenders in this league, as long as they can keep careless errors to a minimum.
- Rugby is a lot easier when you have fifteen men on the park, as Watsonians learned the hard way on Saturday.
- Winning is a habit and Stirling County need to develop some composure to get into that groove.
- Gala are still a work in progress but coach Chris Dalgleish expects his new look team to learn quickly.
- Hawick simply must win at home against Boroughmuir next Saturday.
- Finn Russell is back and he’s lost none of his swagger, but Frazier Climo can play a bit, too, and he will feel he has a point to prove when he recovers the Ayr number ten jersey for this weekend’s huge (perhaps season-defining) clash at home to Melrose.
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