With the Western Province club rugby season going past the halfway mark, the contenders have now been separated from the pretenders.
And my crystal ball says we will have new champions at the end of the season.
Defending champs False Bay are currently in third place and are still running with the big dogs.
But having lost one match and drawn another, it means somewhere along the line they will be caught by Maties, who have only played, and won, five matches to date.
The students from Stellenbosch will once again come with a late-season onslaught.
That’s why Hamiltons, currently at the top of the pile and also unbeaten, are the only team that can realistically stop the Maroon Machine from marching to the title once again.
The battle for the top-five spots is interesting.
Having basically been the only team that played in recent weeks, UCT have climbed up to second on the log.
They were in action again last night against pretenders Brackenfell, before hosting yet another northern suburbs side, Durbell, this weekend.
That clash will separate the men from the boys.
Both teams have not been at their best this year, with the 2015 national club champs currently in eighth place after winning just three matches out of a possible six to date.
A confidence booster is what both need.
While Durbell might be undercooked going into the game, the same can’t be said for Ikeys.
After beating fellow tigers,
Tygerberg last weekend, the Streeptruie will fancy their chances of finishing in the top five this year.
Tygerberg, though, will have to pull themselves together and will look to cause somewhat of an upset when they travel to the Stephen Oval to battle log leaders Hamiltons on Saturday.
It’s at the foot of the table where things are becoming even clearer.
And here it looks like Pniel Villagers will be one of the teams relegated to Super League B at the end of the term.
Not having won a match yet in the top flight, Pniel host Belhar on Saturday.
It will be yet another tough encounter for the hosts and they will have to play out of their skins if they wish to avoid the drop at the end of the season.
False Bay, meanwhile, will look to bag a full house of log points to keep the pressure on the top dogs when they host the struggling NTK on
Saturday.
The team from Parow have only won one match in nine outings and are currently third from bottom.
Coach Wilbur Kraak will know that his team has to produce somewhat of a miracle if they want to avoid the drop again this year.