Five teams vie for four places

Another hugely interesting, and also fascinating, weekend of Currie Cup Premier Division rugby has left the battle for semifinal places finely balanced ahead of this weekend's final round of regular season matches.

- Jacques van der Westhuyzen

While only five teams out of the eight are in position to feature in the last four, it is not yet known who'll finish where on the points table and who'll sneak in as the last-placed qualifier.

As things stand, Griquas lead the way with 25 points, followed by Boland (23), Lions (21), Cheetahs (21) and Pumas (20).

The bottom three sides - Bulls (10), Sharks (10) and Western Province (1) - are out of the playoffs picture.

For the top five teams, everything will come down to what happens this weekend in the final round of matches.