Douglas Rugby Club will host second-placed Bowdon at Port-e-Chee this weekend, with both sides having particular goals to aim at.
The visitors slipped away from promotion contention at the end of last season, but if Waterloo at the top trip up this time around, Bowdon are just one win in arrears.
So close is the title run-in that Sandbach in third could yet snatch the top spot, especially if Douglas upset the applecart and left the Bowdon-Waterloo clash on March 8th with even more at stake.
Regional Two North West
Douglas in seventh have the incentive of catching Altrincham Kersal and equalling their own best finish in the higher leagues, where sixth in the fourteen-team North One West table in 2018-19, after running with the top five early on, was quite some achievement.
Liam Kirkpatrick, Harry Cartwright, Blake Everson and Mark Oldfield still constitutes a handy back-row choice, with Ralph Clarke, Gihard Visagie and Owen Carvin from the front row possibly pushing coach Phil Cringle back to the bench.
Skipper Blake Snell alongside Conor Garland seems to be a solid and cohesive unit, and the Douglas front-five have lacked little in comparison with their opposite numbers.
Bowdon Incoming
The Nathan Robson/Josh Duncan axis at half-back is starting to purr, and they can help unlock the scintillating running of James Ross, Harry Hewson, Kyle Martin and Jonty Cope out wide.
There’s 20 league points to be garnered from this season’s table, and with three home ties and one away to Crewe & Nantwich in eleventh, Douglas could yet steal a march.
Kick off on Saturday (March 1) will be at 2pm.
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