The teams from the Strand area are volop and doing well in the Super League B competition at the moment.
Yes, it’s still early days, but it’s already clear which teams are going to push for promotion this year.
After three rounds, Helderberg are at the top of the pile and showing no signs of taking their foot off the gas.
When they meet neighbours Macassar, currently at the foot of the table, on Saturday, Helderberg will know that the form book will be tossed away in what is expected to be a gruelling derby.
St Georges are the other team from the region fighting to return to Super League A and currently in the top three.
Coach Mirwaan Davids’s side travel to Rangers on Saturday, having wiped aside Goodwood 39-8 last weekend, thanks to two tries by Lester Riffel.
Belhar, meanwhile, split the two Strand sides in the top three, having beaten Macassar 42-20 away from home last weekend.
They return home this week to face Goodwood.
In other Super League B matches, Vineyards host Busy Bees, Kuilsrivier welcome Young Peoples and Franschhoek travel to Collegians.