Worcester return to the scene of the sublime at Sale on Friday while Moseley must be salivating at the prospect of facing Bristol on Sunday, opponents against whom they have had considerable joy in recent seasons.

Fixtures between the Warriors and the Sharks and Mose and Bris (perhaps all a club needs to get into the Premiership is an infantile nickname) conjure images of outstanding collective and individual brilliance, having provided some of the best tries in the last few years.

Indeed Kai Horstmann’s score for Worcester at Edgeley Park was recognised as the best of the 2007-08 campaign, while a Moseley fan will have to travel a very, very long way to see a better score than the one Greg King finished off at Billesley Common last November – and that includes any of Mike Ellery’s long range stunners.

Let’s hope for more this weekend as the clubs resume their league campaigns looking to recreate the kind of magic that will linger in the memory long after the final whistle has gone and the score has been forgotten.

With that in mind I’ve decided to put together a top three for Worcester, Moseley and Birmingham & Solihull Bees, taken from the last six or seven years for no reason other than they stick out more than many others.

Exactly what makes a memorable try is very much a matter of opinion. When he looks back at his career Terry Sigley, the prop’s prop, will no doubt feel huge pride when he recalls Moseley’s third, match-winning penalty try against Coventry in October 2009.

It was in one way breathtaking, it was certainly dramatic but not even wily old Tex could argue it was a work of beauty.

Clearly the whole issue is subjective and goes to the very rationale behind those of us who don’t play the sport at a high level, choosing to watch others do just that.

We want to be impressed, we want to be lifted from our seats by the sort of excellence only the mal-adroit can truly appreciate.

We want acts of physical prowess decorated by scorching pace, balletic balance, surgeon’s hands and tactical clarity amid confusion and tension. Preferably at the same time.

At Test level two contenders rise above all others. The fabled Greatest Try of All Time scored in 1973 by Gareth Edwards for the Barbarians against New Zealand but created by the audacity of Phil Bennett and handling of Derek Quinnell.

Then there’s the Try from the End of the World, similar in its combination of backs and forwards, its individual and collective inspiration and its significance as Jean-Luc Sadourny gave France a series victory over the All Blacks in 1994.

Perhaps the fact the best side on the planet was on the receiving end suggests the opposition and the context are a decisive factor – there are so many variables as to make a definitive answer impossible.

For me sheer willpower and determination is as convincing as technical excellence.

Nevertheless, I look no further for my favourite Worcester try than Horstmann’s effort in Stockport, a moment of dazzling genius that illuminated a gloomy February night and a dilapidated stadium.