Over the next three days, Super Rugby Pacific playoff match-ups will be decided across the regular season's final round.
We already know one post-season fixture will see the Chiefs host Queensland Reds - those two cannot improve their fates this weekend.
On Friday, the champion Crusaders can put a season of disappointment behind them against Moana Pasifika at Christchurch.
Here's how results over the next 48 hours affect the standings...
Latest standings
1st Hurricanes 56 points
2nd Blues 55 points
3rd ACT Brumbies 52 points
4th Chiefs 43 points
5th Queensland Reds 40 points
6th Highlanders 28 points
7th Fijian Drua 26 points (six wins)
8th Melbourne Rebels 26 points (five wins)
9th Crusaders 24 points
10th Western Force 20 points
11th Moana Pasifika 18 points
12th NSW Waratahs 13 points
Friday, May 31
Crusaders 43 Moana Pasifika 10
The defending champions have kept their playoffs chances alive with a bonus-point win, but they still need Melbourne Rebels to topple Fijian Drua at Lautoka and ACT Brumbies to deprive Western Force at Perth.
As it stands, they face a possible quarter-final at Eden Park against their archrivals, the Blues.
Queensland Reds 27 NSW Waratahs 26
The only thing on the line here was interstate bragging rights and the Reds barely secured that. They already had a road quarter-final against the Chiefs locked in, while the Waratahs get to add the wooden spoon to their trophy case.
Saturday, June 1
Fijian Drua 40 Melbourne Rebels 19
The Drua ended the hopes of the Crusaders and Western Force with an emphatic bonus-point win at Lautoka, propelling themselves into sixth on the table, edging the Rebels on a wins countback.
Hurricanes 41 Highlanders 14
The Hurricanes took the top spot with their bonus-point win, but will lose out to the Blues, they can match that outcome against the Chiefs. The worst they can finish now is second, as they leave the Brumbies in their dust.
The southerners are locked into sixth, and will face either the Blues or Brumbies.
Blues 31 Chiefs 17
The Blues needed the bonus-point win and had that in their grasp until the final minute, when Chiefs replacement Josh Ioane deprived them. They still finish second and can't be caught by the Brumbies.
The Chiefs weren't able to improve their standings, even with victory, so they proved spoilers.
ACT Brumbies 24 Western Force 19
The Brumbies stay in third and book a home quarter-final against the Highlanders, while the Force slink off into the sunst with their bonus-point, unable to overhaul the Crusaders for ninth.
Playoffs as they stand
Hurricanes v Melbourne Rebels
Blues v Fijian Drua
ACT Brumbies v Highlanders
Chiefs v Queensland Reds
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