It's all change at the top ahead of another big round in the Fortescue Premier Grade competition.
Palmyra's relentless push has finally put them top of the pile after their big win against Joondalup Brothers last weekend.
They are now three points ahead of UWA and crucially have a game in hand.
Season-long leaders UWA were finally knocked off the No.1 spot when they fell 26-22 to a resurgent Nedlands.
Only seven points now separate third placed Cottesloe and Nedlands in seventh but that could change in round 17 with another cluster of crucial games.
Palmyra are at home to fourth-placed Associates who beat Perth Bayswater (sixth) 36-19, UWA will start favourites to beat Kalamunda and Cottesloe, 22-13 winners over Wests Scarborough, host Perth Bayswater.
A slip up by UWA, Cottesloe or Associates will tighten the push for the finals even further and open the door slightly for Wests.
They need to get back on the winning trail and travel to Southern Lions who snatched a one-point win over Wanneroo Districts last weekend.
Wests were unbeaten in three games before their bye but a couple of crucial backline injuries put a stutter in their run, losing their last two games to Associates and Cottesloe.
Wests coach Jeremy Thrush said the week off had halted momentum.
"We were starting to hum and we came back a bit rusty against Soaks. We had our chances but couldn't take them," Thrush said.
"We had a few guys out in the backline last weekend which altered our attack but Cottesloe defended really well.
"That frustrated us and we made some silly errors."
Thrush said Cottesloe had played smart rugby.
"They played in the right part of the field. That is something I'm trying to teach our boys," he said.
"Game awareness, where we want to play and how we play, is something we've been trying to plug away at.
"It's all good to play really good, really exciting rugby but if it's inside your own half and you give the ball back it doesn't count for anything in the end.
"With our injuries we didn't adapt that well in the backline.
"Our forwards are still trucking along and if they can build some momentum and cohesion hopefully it will put us into a position to score points and get some results."
With six rounds left in the tight competition Thrush said teams would be looking at the draw to see where they could pick up points.
"It's pretty interesting," he said.
"From a coaching point of view you want to be in the top four now, but it's great from a competition view with the amount of teams pushing for finals.
"You look at the draw, look at where you can pick up a few points to build momentum to try and get into the semi-finals."
The final game of the round, and the Stan feature match, is the grudge clash between Wanneroo and Joondalup for the King of the North Cup at Kingsway.
The Roo Dogs need a five-point win to climb off the bottom of the ladder.
They are desperately hoping for the return of a couple of players from injury, including at No.9, where they played their fifth scrum-half of the season in the one-point loss to Southern Lions.
The same northern suburbs match-up in Colts is the RugbyWA You Tube game.
Joondalup are runaway leaders while Wanneroo have a short turnaround after their 41-19 win over Nedlands on Wednesday night that kept them in second place ahead of the Foreshore-based club.
