There are just two more rounds of round-robin action in the URC before the knockout stage begins, and all signs point to the fact that three out of the four SA teams will be in the playoffs.

This past weekend saw all of the South African sides claim good wins, most notably which resulted in the Bulls and Sharks cementing their playoff spots and remaining in the top four, while the Stormers leapt into sixth place on the standings.

The Lions also delivered on their promise to fight back strongly after five successive defeats in the URC and EPCR Challenge Cup, which saw them outplay Connacht, with the result keeping them in the ‘Race to Eight’, although they trail the eighth-placed Benetton by six points with two pool matches remaining.

After those results, this is how the URC table now looks.

SA teams on the hunt for success in the URC

The Bulls took the field first on Friday night, and despite being outscored three tries to two, they secured a rewarding 26-19 victory over the defending champions, the Glasgow Warriors, in Scotland.

The Lions followed suit in Johannesburg on Saturday by beating Connacht 26-7, while the Stormers thumped Benetton 56-5 in Cape Town, before the Sharks made it four wins out of four as they produced a second-half comeback of note to topple Ulster 22-19 in Belfast.

These results saw the Bulls hold onto third place on the log (58 points) – one behind Glasgow – followed by the Sharks in fourth position (53 points), while the Stormers hopped up into sixth place (45 points), while the Lions remained on the lower end of the table in 13th position (35 points).

With the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup semi-finals playing out next weekend, the SA sides will have a well-deserved break before the URC resumes on the weekend of 9-11 May.

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