Stacy Boit,

After seven months of league action, the race for the United Rugby Championship (URC) play-offs is going down to the wire.

After a break for European semi-finals, the URC returns for the final two rounds of the regular season with plenty still to be decided.

The tussle for seedings in the top four – and home advantage in the quarter-finals – is tight but not as tense as who finishes in the top eight.

Cardiff missed out by a point last season after Lions were pipped by Ospreys on games won a year earlier.

BBC Sport looks at what is at stake in the final games and how other results could impact Champions Cup qualification.