Valley, HKCC face off in top-of-the-table clash
Premiership battle boosted by return from Darwin of victorious national team players
The equation to win the league crown is simple: defeat your toughest foe on Tuesday night and then make sure you don't slip up in the remaining three matches this season.
This is the straightforward task facing Leighton Asia HKCC and WhichWay Valley in a top-of-the-table Paul Y Premiership encounter, which was postponed from last Saturday due to both teams being heavily represented in the national side at the Darwin Sevens over the weekend.
There will be no rest for the returning victors from Down Under – Hong Kong won the tournament in fine style – as they find themselves back in the fray for their clubs at Aberdeen Stadium for a 7:30pm kick-off.
We'll certainly have our work cut out as Valley were reportedly only operating at 50 per cent in their last game
It will be a case of HKCC’s McQueen brothers, Tom and Alex, against Valley’s Ben Rimene, Lee Jones, Nick Hewson, Max Woodward and Salom Yiu Kam-shing.
One day you are brothers-in-arms, the next day you are enemies across the park.
Valley had the most to lose if the game had gone ahead as scheduled and the return of their key players will give them much-needed firepower.
But player-coach Hewson insists that winning the league would depend on the larger depth of the side and not on one or two individuals.