The Southern Region semifinalists have been locked in with two rounds remaining of the regular season.
After last weekend’s results, Clutha, West Taieri, Toko and Crescent will all finish inside the top four.
There is plenty of shuffle room though, as any side can still finish with a home semi spot.
This weekend has the top four sides playing among themselves in what should be two fantastic encounters.
First-placed Clutha host fourth-placed Crescent in a match-up that does not have to provide any extra motivation.
The storied rivals will add another chapter to their history this weekend with the Centennial Cup and some extremely important competition points on the line.
Crescent showed last weekend that when they play to their structure, they are nearly unstoppable. Clutha were defeated for the first time this season last weekend, which makes this match even more tasty.
Second-placed West Taieri, still buoyed by their win over Clutha last weekend, head down the road to Milton to do battle with third-placed Toko, with just one point separating the two sides.
West Taieri are celebrating three milestones this weekend, the most impressive being that of Dave McNeill, who brings up his 300th match in West Taieri colours in what has been a fantastic career.
Toko will need to improve from last weekend if they are to have a sniff in this game and stop what is looking like a West Taieri steamroller that is only gaining momentum.
The bottom four teams are also doing internecine battle, with Heriot hosting Owaka and Clutha Valley hosting Lawrence.
Heriot and Valley have already locked in home semifinals in the bottom four, but their opponents are not yet set in stone.
Owaka and Lawrence have played better rugby than their results suggest this season and will be keen to finish the round robin with a couple of scalps.
