URC Quarterfinal preview, goodbye Lions and Sharks and a rant about the SVNS

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Jared and Thala round up the URC regular season and look forward to the upcoming quarterfinals.

We preview the Bulls hosting Benetton and the Stormers traveling to Glasgow. We discuss what can the Bulls do about the 20 minute periods where they fall away and how the Stormers can overturn their away record. Jared calls Ospreys the Castres of the URC and Thala thinks Ulster might have the best chance at an away win.

We also bid farewell to the Lions and Sharks by reviewing their season, who their best players were and what can they look forward to next season.

We then do a roundup of other rugby news. We discuss Northampton facing Bath in the Premiership final, the upcoming Super Rugby quarterfinals and the Crusaders falling out, the craziness of the Pro D2 and have a rant about the SVNS finals in Madrid.