The Blues wind up with home and away games against the Scarlets plus another Welsh derby against Ospreys never mind a trip to Glasgow.

Last year 63 points was good enough to see Ospreys through in 4^th place. And on that basis, as Leinster are already on that mark, with five games to play they’ll be one of the four. But three of their last five games are away. First to Limerick, then to Belfast and finally to Rodney Parade.

Munster have a very tricky run-in starting tomorrow week in Galway and after the visit of Leinster they’re home to 4^th placed Warriors in Cork, ending their campaign away to Scarlets and then home to Ulster. They cannot afford any more nonsense displays like was seen in Aironi. 

But it is a case of six teams chasing three play off places and we could yet have a similar scenario to last year when Leinster Munster Ulster and Ospreys contested the penultimate stage although Glasgow Warriors are the most side most likely to upset that particular cartel.

RaboDirect PRO12 Remaining Games

Leinster (63 pts): Ospreys (h); Munster (a); Edinburgh (h); Ulster (a); Dragons (a).

Munster (52):       Connacht (a); Leinster (h); (Warriors (h); Scarlets (a); Ulster (h).

Ospreys (49):       Leinster (a); Treviso (h); Blues (a); Dragons (h); Aironi (a).

Warriors (47):       Aironi (h); Blues (h); Munster (a); Treviso (a); Connacht (h).

Ulster (46):           Treviso (a); Aironi (h); Connacht (a); Leinster (h); Munster (a)

Scarlets (45):        Blues (a); Edinburgh (a); Aironi (a); Munster (h); Blues (h).

Blues (45):            Scarlets (h); Warriors (a); Ospreys (h); Edinburgh (h); Scarlets (a).