HOLMES Chapel protect a perfect record against neighbours Knutsford when the teams meet this weekend.
The men from Station Road, victors when the two teams met at the Academy in October, have the upper hand in previous meetings with their foes from down the A50.
Both prepared for Saturday’s derby with a defeat though.
Knutsford, winners in South Lancashire & Cheshire Division Three for the first time in 18 attempts last weekend, lost 64-0 at home to high-flying Port Sunlight.
Holmes Chapel suffered a third straight defeat, albeit a narrow one at nearby Congleton where they lost by five points.
They slip a position, to tenth, in the table as a result of that reverse.
After seven successive league victories against Blues, the can be confident of extending the sequence at Station Road this weekend.
Ed Meyrick scored a hat-trick of tries in the return game, a fourth from Tom Chambers completing a 24-7 victory.
Meanwhile Holmes Chapel seconds lost 57-31 at Wilmslow fourths in the North West Intermediate League’s Division Five South on Saturday.
Previous league meetings:
October 27, 2012 Knutsford 7 Holmes Chapel 24; January 7, 2012 Holmes Chapel 48 Knutsford 5; September 17, 2011 Knutsford 15 Holmes Chapel 46; February 13, 2010 Knutsford 5 Holmes Chapel 24; October 31, 2009 Holmes Chapel 60 Knutsford 26; March 29, 2009 Holmes Chapel 30 Knutsford 10; November 29, 2008 Knutsford 21 Holmes Chapel 23.
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