JAMES HARRINGTON

Like any other league, the business end of the Top 14 season is played in a haze of permutations and possibilities on a crucial weekend. Heading into this 23rd round of games, three matches from the end of the current campaign, eight sides – or nine or 10, depending on your personal preferences – had some sort of shot for the play-off places. Another three came into the weekend with relegation matters in mind.
And it’s getting very close indeed in the race for the play-offs, with two matches going to the wire on a crucial weekend. For six sides, E...