Connacht coach Michael Bradley is looking at Friday's Magners League clash with Cardiff Blues as being a prime opportunity to gain some ground on Ulster and still qualify for next season's Heineken Cup.
With just two games to go in this seasons Magners League, the Connacht coach feels that his side are in a strong position with two home matches at this stage of the season.
'Our approach to this game is that it's an opportunity to still qualify for next season's Heineken Cup,' he said.
'We've been playing well enough and we'll be trying to match the level of performance we've achieved in recent weeks. Hopefully, we'll be able to beat Cardiff and keep qualification alive until the final day of the season against the Ospreys.'
In Connacht's previous outing they had a superb away win against the Newport-Gwent Dragons, which Bradley feels could well build momentum going into the final two weeks of the season.
'We played quite well in the first half and varied our play and it kept the Dragons at bay. They weren't able to anticipate what we were doing and also it created opportunities for us and I thought we got the better of the first half.
'In the second half the Dragons readjusted and created a lot of chances themselves and had a lot of opportunities to win the game in the third quarter.
'But we survived with some excellent defensive work in particular from Conor McPhillips. Then having gotten one opportunity in the second half to score, we took it.
'To get the four points in an away win against a Welsh side was very pleasing and it keeps us in with an opportunity going into this week's game against Cardiff.'
