With the regular season coming to a close the pressure really cranks up a notch as the top teams of 2018 begin to dream of lifting the Super Rugby trophy.
The penultimate Super Rugby Team of the Week for the normal season before we head into Finals next week. TOTW has players from eight teams with the Hurricanes Ngani Laumape Player of the Week.
The Super Rugby season has hit the home stretch and we take a look at what lies ahead in the road to the finals for the teams in the South African conference.
The Sharks kept their quarter-final hopes alive with a 31-24 come-from-behind victory over the Lions in a South African Super Rugby derby at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday.
The Jaguares made it six wins in a row on Friday as they saw off the Sharks 29-13 in Buenos Aires to close the gap on the Lions at top South African Conference.
The Super Rugby Team of the Week has representatives from nine of the teams while Hurricanes fly-half Beauden Barrett was back to his best and takes out Player of the Week.
Usually it is the try scorers who get most of the credit for a five-pointer, but there is usually someone else to thank when a player dots down for five points, particularly if all the hard work has already been done in the build-up.
