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Andy Goode

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The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

They might miss out on the top eight.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

So, you know, Leinster have just got to do a job against the Ospreys next Saturday.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

And they'll know going into the game what they need to try and finish first or second because...

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

And ultimately, as we know with Leinster, home advantage counts for a lot.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

And they are the reigning champions.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

Played the final at home last year, didn't they?

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

And so they'll be looking to do that again.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

But it wasn't a great game.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

Not many people watched it.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

It was at the Aviva.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

Jimmy O'Brien scored a try at the end to put the gloss on it, but they got the bonus point and were comfortable.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

If you win the quarters and semis, you play the final at your home ground, but Scottsdon's not available because someone in marketing booked something else thinking that I will never get a home final.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

So I've heard that they're going to play it in Belfast.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

So it's a good rerun this weekend or a pre-run of what could happen at the Aphrodite Stadium.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

What they don't want to do is knock Ulster out of the top eight

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

if Connock beat Edinburgh and then asked them to play the final in their home stadium after they were the last team to knock them out Glasgow so interesting weekend ahead in that battle there's too much detail just I just go week I just go week on week you have to shout out Cardiff being in with a shout though towards the end of the season I think all the stuff that's going on at Welsh Rugby and

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

They've been the shining light of Welsh rugby, haven't they, really?

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

And they've fallen away a little bit recently.

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

And, you know, the Stormers game on Friday night will decide whether it's a successful season of making the top eight, which gives you...

The Rugby Pod
#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints

Champions Cup rugby as well next year, you know, and more importantly, quarterfinals of the URC.