With the Vodacom Bulls, Sharks and Stormers still fighting for a place in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship top four, here's what each team is shooting for in the final round of league matches this weekend. URC
With the Vodacom Bulls, Sharks and Stormers still fighting for a place in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship top four, here’s what each team is shooting for in the final round of league matches this weekend.A win over Ulster would guarantee the Sharks of a finish inside the URC top four and a home quarter-final.
The Stormers’ hopes of finishing second are obviously based on them overtaking the Sharks and Munster. The easiest way to do this is to claim a bonus-point win against Scarlets while the Sharks and Munster lose, or win without a bonus point. In other routes to a home semi-final where their rivals both win with a bonus point, the Stormers would have to overcome a tries-scored deficit in the case of the Sharks and a points-difference deficit in the case of Munster.
Losing to Scarlets would not necessarily deny the Stormers a top-four finish, but they would need other results to go their way.In order to finish in the top four, the Bulls need to beat Ospreys with a bonus point and hope that two from Munster, the Stormers and Sharks drop points. Mathematically, the Bulls can also finish second, but they require a win against Ospreys by a margin of more than 24 points, picking up a bonus point in the process, while also relying on the Stormers and Munster to lose,If the Bulls lose against Ospreys, they could drop down to seventh place and potentially face Munster in the quarter-finals.
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