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It's all down to Super Saturday!

It's the final weekend of the Guinness Premiership, with six teams in the running for the four semi-final spots, and Gloucester and Bath head to head at Kingsholm
in order to determine who finishes top of the pile. How exciting is this finale?

Hurricanes weather the storm to win

The Hurricanes maintained their push for a Super 14 semi-final place with a hard-fought 21-10 victory against a stubborn Force team in heavy rain and swirling wind in Wellington on Friday.

New coaching team, same playing faces

The coaching and management team may have been been reshuffled, but there is a decidedly familiar look to the Ireland squad heading on a tour to Australia and New Zealand in June.

Guinness Prem
  Team Pyd Pts
1. Gloucester 21 70
2. Bath 21 68
3. London Wasps 21 65
4. Sale 21 63
5. Harlequins 21 61
6. Leicester 21 59
7. London Irish 21 55
8. Saracens 21 48
9. Bristol 21 36
10. Newcastle 21 34
11. Worcester 21 31
12. Leeds Carnegie 21 12

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The decision made by the IRB to trial the ELVs in the north was:

A slap in the face to all those who have been playing the same rules for so long
A huge boost to New Zealand's chances in the 2011 RWC
A significant step forward for the game of rugby union
Made under serums injected by Martian scientists

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Top 14 heads into the final straight

Clermont travel to Biarritz in the game of the Top 14 weekend as both teams try to make amends for defeats last week.

Thomas follows in Marc's footsteps

Thomas Lièvremont, whose brother Marc used to coach Dax, will assume the reigns at the French club as of next season.

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The Law corner

Wellington and other tales
Six Nations finale
Understanding the ELVs

Gallery - HEC semi-final weekend

Twickenham is awash with colour as Toulouse take on London Irish And it is the Exiles who start the better with Bob Casey leading the charge As well as Peter Richards causing trouble playing as a centre