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Worcester v Leeds (Sixways, Friday, 8pm)
Everyone involved is trying to distance themselves from the suggestion this is going to be a relegation decider.
Two games in, they scoff, how can you say that?
Having watched Leeds quite a bit last season I can't escape the feeling they'll finish no higher than 11th and probably end up going down.
Worcester's potential is greater and with luck with injuries they could finish in mid-table.
On that basis I think they are a better team and should therefore win tonight.
Key to that will be how they control the breakdown. Moseley and Bees routed Neil Back's men at ruck-time last term and if Pat Sanderson and Tom Wood put in the sort of display they did at Franklin's Gardens last Sunday, Warriors will get on top and win at a canter.
Sammy Tuitupou's back to reclaim his place as the most under-rated player in the Premiership and Miles Benjamin has found his way to the try-line again.
The Sixways crowd will also be a factor so I can't look any further than a home win.

Prediction: Worcester by 12

Bees v Bristol (Sharmans Cross, Saturday, 3pm)
Russell Earnshaw, the eternal optimist, admitted this week he is anxious about how his injury hit squad will cope with the arrival of the Championship favourites.
If he's anxious so am I.
The positive finder in him managed to unearth a source of hope from last Saturday's 33-10 defeat at Plymouth but you have to say it'll be difficult to do that this weekend.
Bees are light up front while Bristol's pack is a fearsome prospect. Their back three are also rapid too.
Set that lot against a team short on cohesion after a disrupted pre-season and it's difficult to see anything other than an away win.

Prediction: Bristol by 20

Bedford v Coventry (Goldington Road, Saturday, 3pm)
Bedford's victory at Doncaster last weekend was about the only surprise result of the opening weekend.
They have recruited well, are always strong at home and will be in confident mood after last Saturday.
Coventry meanwhile were rugged but no more in beating Rotherham last Friday.
They will benefit from the arrival of their new Tongan fly half but with Tommy Hayes in such fine form that's not necessarily the area they were short in last weekend.
At times their forwards got sucked into a muck-fight with the Titans' and their set-piece was pretty awful.
Phil Maynard knows how to win at Goldington Road but he needs his men to execute that knowledge. It'll be just beyond them.

Prediction: Bedford by 7

Sedgley Tigers v Stourbridge (Park Lane, Saturday, 2.30pm)
Neil Mitchell's men always seem to be short of players in the threequarters, this weekend they're even shorter with Adam Billig missing.
They have a pack that will get stuck into anyone in the division and in Andi Lawrence and Simon Homer a right side of the scrum will take some pushing back.
But Sedgley are straight out of the old National One and buoyed by a parachute payment and several of Manchester's best players, they are going to be strong. Too strong.

Prediction: Sedgley by 10

Cornish Pirates v Moseley (Camborne Rec, Sunday, 3pm)
Mose really struggled for rhythm against Exeter last weekend, due entirely to the fact they fielded 12 new players in their 22.
Afterwards they point to the fact they scored three tries in the final ten minutes but they have to be put in context. Exeter were a man down and had switched off totally.
But so too does Mose's defeat. They won't play a side as good as Exeter every week and will be more competitive this Sunday.
The Pirates are the sort of side they have to start beating if they are to finish in the top eight again and there'll be no better place to start than at Camborne.
But with unfamiliar faces in the backline again it'll be a score too far.

Prediction: Pirates by 2

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