Leinster and Munster both secured hard-fought victories last week to put their fate in their own hands, while Connacht ran out comfortable winners in the Challenge Cup.
Cormac Izuchukwu notched a hat-trick as Ulster ran rampant in the second-half of their final Champions Cup pool game against the Exeter Chiefs on Friday, running in five tries in an eight-try 52-24 rout of the former champions at Ravenhill.
That leaves them interested spectators on Sunday to discover whether they have done enough to reach the last-16 of Europe’s premier competition, with Bordeaux’s result against the Sharks the determining factor.
The four highest-ranked clubs in each pool will qualify for the Round of 16. All clubs will thereafter be ranked in…