It is do or die for the top four sides in the Highlanders First XV competition today.
Otago Boys and Southland Boys have the chance to clinch places in the final of the Zero Fees-sponsored competition.
If both teams win, they will be out of reach of the other two teams in the top four, South Otago and Waitaki Boys.
Neither side will have it easy today, with Southland Boys playing South Otago in Invercargill.
Southland Boys was the only side to beat South Otago in the first round, so the Balclutha-based side has plenty of incentive to win today.
South Otago will have to do without talented back Matt Faddes, who is lining up for Otago Country in its match against Wairarapa-Bush in Masterton this afternoon.
Otago Boys, which looks to be hitting form at the right time, plays Waitaki Boys in Oamaru.
Waitaki Boys ran Southland Boys close in an 8-3 loss last week and will relish being back on its home paddock.
Otago Boys won the first-round encounter between the two schools 22-12.
It also had a 13-5 win over Christchurch Boys last Tuesday.
If Otago Boys and Southland Boys win, they will meet next week in Dunedin in the final round of the top four.
The winner of that encounter will host the final.
Otago Rugby Football Union amateur rugby manager Justin Gardner said the final would be played in the home town of the top qualifying side, though not necessarily at the school's home ground.
