It is all to play for in the final round of the United Rugby Championship with five games this weekend having direct consequences on the locations of home quarter-finals.
Only six points separate Munster in second position and Edinburgh Rugby in eighth place as the URC is set up for one of the most dramatic regular season finishes in league history.
This weekend the South African teams are back up North with Cell C Sharks, DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls all still hoping to win the South African Shield. In BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors will compete for the Italian x Scottish Shield and the 1872 Cup. Ospreys and Scarlets both in contention to win the Welsh Shield.
SAT – Dragons vs Emirates Lions – Rodney Parade, Newport, 3pm
Live on: S4C, Premier Sports & URC TV.
Officials:
Referee: Joy Neville (IRFU, 9th competition game), Assistant: Dewi Phillips, John Darcy (both WRU), TMO: Ian Davies (WRU)
Overall URC head-to-head record:
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Did you know?
- Dragons have lost their last four United Rugby Championship matches since beating Scarlets 38-27 in Llanelli on 16 April.
- Dragons have not been successful at Rodney Parade in any competition since beating Scarlets there during last season’s Rainbow Cup.
- Dragons have lost all three matches they have played against South African opponents this campaign.
- Emirates Lions two game losing run in the United Rugby Championship ended with their 37-29 victory at home to Benetton on 30 April.
- Lions have won only twice away from home in the Championship this season, beating Zebre in Round 1 and DHL Stormers in Round 5.
- Lions record against Welsh regions this season is won two, lost one, with all games being won by the home side on the day. Lions were defeated 13-36 on their only previous visit to Wales to face Scarlets in October.
- The two sides have not met before.
