The Waratahs and Crusaders will have home semifinals no matter what happens in this weekend's final round robin matches and the Hurricanes are sure of a semifinal place. If the fourth-placed Bulls beat the Stormers in Pretoria on Sunday they seal thevacant slot.
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* If the Crusaders tonk the Hurricanes tonight, then the Bulls belt the Stormers, the Bulls could sneak into third. The Hurricanes have a points differential of plus 55, the Bulls plus 11.
* If the fifth-placed Highlanders beat the Chiefs in Hamilton, with or without a bonus point, they will make the semifinals provided the Bulls lose to the Stormers.
* If the Bulls draw with a bonus point it would open the door to the Highlanders - provided they had got maximum points off the Chiefs a few hours earlier.
* If the Blues get maximum points tonight, they will make the semifinals only if both the Highlanders and the Bulls lose.
* The Brumbies could sneak into the playoffs from seventh if they beat the Reds by a mile tomorrow and then the Bulls, Highlanders and Blues all lose by large margins.
The Super 12 rules for differentiating when teams finish level on points:
1: Superior points differential.
2: The result of the game when those teams met in the round robin.
3: The number of tries each team has scored in the round robin.
