**Three key matches in the race for the play-offs are on the schedule this weekend, as the battle to finish in the United Rugby Championship’s top eight takes centre stage.** Sixth, seventh and eighth in the overall table are currently occupied by the DHL Stormers, Vodacom Bulls and Cell C Sharks respectively, and all will be involved in the final round of South African derbies on Saturday. The Scarlets, meanwhile, are the most realistic challengers for a place in the play-offs and head to Cardiff having beaten the same opponents at home last weekend. European rugby also returns, with Connacht’s Galway clash against Leinster in the Heineken Champions Cup last 16 the headline fixture from a URC perspective. Here are five things to know ahead of the weekend.
