There is little love lost between these two squads and they are happy to let it be known today.
The tackle count is high and the umpires are letting things go well.
Both teams are dangerous going forward but both defensive units have been cool under pressure so far and keeping their structures.
Holmes and Will Ashcroft are having plenty of ball as the free roamers through the middle while almost every engine room star is copping some sort of defensive attention.
With that in mind, it could be the role players who decide the fate of the premiership today.
Inside 50s are dead-even at 14 each while the Lions lead the clearances