JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out last weekend as they worked through the permutations of the current campaign.
One semi-final slot, four play-off places, Top 14 safety and both relegation-zone places were all still very much in play at the start of the penultimate weekend of the regular season.
Some sides had more sums to do than others. On Saturday night, Toulon faced the first of two season-defining Top 14 matches, which sandwich the Challenge Cup final against Glasgow in Dublin.
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