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Both sides will be looking at making some history for the club, it is more about winning every week, it is about putting down a legacy as well.

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GLOUCESTER V BATH
Saturday 10 May, 2.30pm, Sky Sports 2

After 21 rounds of the Guinness Premiership, we still have four teams battling it out for two semi-final berths and with just one round left before the semis, there is still plenty to play for.

Gloucester and Bath may have booked their places in the play-offs already, but Miles Harrison is expecting them to go hammer and tongs in a game that eptomises everything great about the Guinness Premiership.

So Miles, this is it. For six clubs the success of the season lies on 80 minutes of rugby.

MILES REPLIES: Yes, In domestic terms it all comes down to this. I have said it many times before, but it is worth saying again - I have always been a supporter of the play-off system and I think this is the year that shows that this system is the best way.

A point that is well worth making is that any competition that has league games during international period where key players are lost cannot be settled with whoever finishes top of the pile after 22 games.

It needs another way to sort it out and the best way is the play-offs. We have two teams there already but not sure whether they will have a home semi-final or not. You also have four other teams battling it out for the two other slots. This proves once and for all that the play-offs are the best way to go.

As you said, Bath and Gloucester have guaranteed semi-final berths, but neither side will be taking their foot of the pedal will they?

MILES REPLIES: History shows that no away team has got through in the semi-final of the Premiership, so there you have it in one.

From a Gloucester and Bath point of view we are looking at sell-outs for the semis.

Both sides will be looking at making some history for the club, it is not just about winning every week, it is about putting down a legacy as well.

Winning games like these and going on to greater things, well that is when players and coaches get considered as greats.

It is a combination of winning trophies and giving supporters the kind of memories that will live with them forever. That leads to a lot of gratitude towards those players and coaches, and that is what it is all about.

It has been a long season, but there is no hint from either Bath or Gloucester of any end of season burn-out is there?

MILES REPLIES: Both are very settled sides. Most people could have sat down this week and done the selectors' job for Gloucester and Bath.

It is pretty obvious in terms of the players that need to play in the key games. Both squads have been brilliantly managed to get them to this stage in terms of the amount of games that each player has played and also managing injuries.

We have been going since September in this league campaign and that does take its toll. There are one or two players who will be missing, but considering the hard long nature of the season, I think as a neutral we can be very happy that we have two sides who are pretty much near to where they want to be in terms of selection.

For the sides it is great too, there is always the worry that you are going to get to the more meaningful games with some major absentees, but I don't think we are going to get those injuries. Fingers crossed that we don't get any of them, especially for England's trip to New Zealand.

Both Gloucester and Bath like to play fast-paced rugby, so we should see a cracking game shouldn't we?

MILES REPLIES: The ground is getting harder and both sides have this ability to use the hard ground which will worry most sides.

We saw what Bath did to Sarries last weekend where they scored six tries in the first half. I have never seen anything like it in the Premiership, it was that noteworthy. Gloucester themselves are the leading try-scorers in the competition.

Let's not forget the game between these two in January. In the mud and the wet they both managed to produce some of the best rugby we have seen.

They are both scoring some fantastic tries and both sides are full of confidence and are in form.

The Bath confidence surely cannot be any higher than it is, while Gloucester will also be flying high after their superb Wasps win. Given all these ingredients, this game has the makings of a fantastic match.

Here we have the top two teams with so much incentive for a home semi-final berth. You really could not write a better script for the end of the season.