With just four points separating the top four teams in the URC table, and just two games to play, who knows how important Leinster's flurry of late tries against the Ospreys could prove to be.
Leo Cullen's side scored four of their nine tries in the final 11 minutes as they hammered the Ospreys 61-14, moving back up to second place in the BKT United Rugby Championship table.
The Champions Cup finalists are almost certain to have a home quarter-final in the play-offs, but are desperate to get back up to first place which would give them home advantage all the way to a potential final.
And with the province bunched so closely with leaders Glasgow, and Munster and the Bulls breathing down their neck, the Leinster coach was thrilled with how his side chased down as many points as they could in the closing stages at the RDS.
"I thought the players kept the foot on the pedal pretty well, they kept playing to the end which was pleasing," Cullen (below) said.
While the number of games won is the first tiebreaker in the event of teams being level in the table, points difference then comes into the equation, with Leinster's difference of +180 narrowly above the Bulls and Glasgow.
"I though the intent, particularly with all of the bench guys coming on, was excellent, playing right to the end.
"Who knows, all you can do is try and control your own part, so that was important for us to push on when we had a bit of an advantage there in the second half."
The 47-point victory probably wasn't a fair reflection on the Ospreys, who trailed 21-14 at half time, and caused Leinster real problems with their crossfield kicking game.
The Welsh side even came from 14-0 down to level the game in the first half, and Cullen admits he will need to examine how his own side let that happen.
"Lots of good stuff in the game, we started well, got ourselves into a bit of trouble with some of our own exits, so there's still parts of that first half we can definitely be better.
"Ospreys are a dogged team and make life difficult, you could see that in the first half. Again, we just needed to keep a decent tempo in the game and there would probably be some rewards maybe later on in the game, which was pleasing.
"In the bigger games you don't get away with it. You see it all the time.
"We coughed the ball up in front of our posts which leads to a scrum under the sticks and then you are under pressure. Then the other team comes into it. We give away a yellow card and a penalty try, so again we are putting pressure on ourselves. It is just making sure that we execute on the next moment in the game," he added.
The Leinster coach hopes to have some of James Ryan, Garry Ringrose and Hugo Keenan back from injury for next week's penultimate regular season game away to Ulster, while Will Connors was a late injury withdrawal from the starting side this evening.
Cullen, however, is confident the flanker will be fit to travel to Belfast.
"Pretty minor, I think he'll be OK next week, will be the plan. We'll see how it goes. It's not major.
"We will see how everyone comes through, make some calls. As I said, hopefully we will have a few guys coming back in for selection, they need to play as well. It will be a good week and let's go after it again. It’ll be a tough challenge."
