Not for the first time in recent years have Currie occupied the top position in the championship, but the Malleny Park outfit will be mindful that history shows they have not been able to sustain the early pace.
Today, going into the fifth round of the Tennent's Velvet Premiership, league leaders Currie face the equally ambitious Glasgow Hawks at Malleny Park in a match both sides will consider crucial to their championship hopes.
Currie's success thus far has been on the back of a powerful pack in which a revitalised Alan Watt has played a key role. ''Alan is in great form right now'' stated Bruce Macnaughton, the Currie coach, who knows that Watt will nevertheless face a testing game from Hawks' tighthead Gerry Smyth, the former Kilmarnock prop, who was the pick of the Glasgow side's pack last Saturday at Bridgehaugh.
Macnaughton believes that Currie should have an advantage in the second row where his new recruit this season Andrew Russell, last year's Scottish Schools' lock, teams up with Murray Laugerson, the ruggedly built New Zealander who, metaphorically speaking, punches considerably above his weight.
''Andrew has enormous potential. We brought him here originally as cover, but he has done very well'' suggested Macnaughton, who thinks that his back row of Bruce Ward, Peter Simpson and Stuart Hardie will match Hawks breakaway trio of Fergus Wallace (back from injury), Andrew Ness and Australian Andy Plastow.
Ward and Simpson are two of a quintet of Currie players who missed the game against West of Scotland last Saturday. The other three returnees are centres Murray Craig and Nick Armstrong and wing Stephen Reed, all considered by Macnaughton to be ''strike'' players.
All of which makes the battle behind the scrum a mouth-watering prospect, albeit that Hawks somehow did their best to conceal their talents in this department last week against Stirling County.
Part of the blame for Hawks' poor back play (for which director of rugby Ian Russell ''apologised'') was down to a below-par performance by New Zealander Eugene Martin at stand-off. If he does manage to unlock Hawks' potential this week then spectators at Malleny Park can be assured of a top quality club match.
Arguably Hawks' top back last week was centre Dave Wilson, a player who will need no formal introduction to his former team-mates at Currie. Wilson, however, will want to see more use made of his wings, particularly Torquil Mathewson who has looked much more the part this season after a summer working on weights.
Snapping at the heels of Currie are Heriot's FP who travel to Burnbrae for the match with West, a fixture that was threatened by West's shortage of props. However, the Burnbrae club has invoked championship rule 11/2, allowing them to borrow a player, the donor club in this instance being Hillhead/Jordanhill.
Heriot's, toppled from the top spot after losing to Melrose last Saturday at Goldenacre, are strengthened by the return at centre of Jes Smith and Ian Stent and in the back row by Tam McVie who played for Edinburgh Reivers in the Super District's win over Ebbw Vale.
McVie's presence will compensate for the absence of Graham Dall, whose practical medical studies, prevent him from turning out regularly for his club.
Despite the defeat last week there is an air of confidence in the Heriot's camp. ''I thought that we played well last week even though I conceded that Melrose fully deserved to win'' said Fraser Dall, the director of rugby at Goldenacre.
Dall's problem is overcoming the facts of history. ''We never seem to play well at Burnbrae. But this is a new team with some good young players. We know if we want to win the championship then we have to play well every week'' suggested Dall.
It is easy these days to lose sight of the fact that Watsonians are the defending champions. The title holders have, of course, suffered a massive loss of players - a situation that has required coach Andrew Ker to start virtually from scratch with a new squad.
Watsonians face Boroughmuir today at Myreside knowing that both teams have won just one league game this season. ''This will be a big game for both sides'' said Ker whose side is bolstered by the return from injury of props Scott Paris and Steve Lithgow and lock Malcolm McVie. Also back for Watsonians after playing for Edinburgh Reivers last weekend is Gregor Hayter.
Behind the scrum Watsonians will give a first league game this season to Andrew Taylor, the former Scottish Schools centre who has just returned from New Zealand.
Boroughmuir have Steve Wands back at No.8 and will start this week with Lindsay Graham at centre. Their other good news is that Ally McLean is expected to be fully recovered from his hamstring injury.
Elsewhere, third-placed Melrose will be engaged in a Border derby at the Greenyards against old adversaries Hawick, who continue with 17-year-old Stephen Cranston at centre, and at Riverside Park, Jed-Forest, with a much changed side, face a Stirling County team still to record their first win.
