Cardiff's retiring Halfpenny set for final game in Wales

After seven months of league action, the race for the URC top eight has gone the distance with five teams battling for four spots.With Glasgow, Stormers, Leinster and Bulls having booked their play-off places, Lions, Munster, Cardiff and Ulster are currently in the remaining spots with ninth-placed Connacht chasing hard.There are three crucial games on Friday night with Connacht away at Edinburgh or Ulster achieve at home to Glasgow, while Munster host Lions on Saturday.Victory against second-placed Stormers - which would be Cardiff's 11th of the league campaign - would seal a play-off place, regardless of what happens elsewhere.Stormers also have something on this game as they lie just a point behind table-topping Glasgow Warriors. They have already booked a home quarter-final and are now looking to pave the way for a Cape Town semi-final by finishing in the top two."It's a big game for us because it can give us a path to more home play-offs or certainly the semi-final," said Dobson."You see from this competition that home advantage is so important.”Dobson says Cardiff have surprised him this season by staying in the top eight. "I kept expecting them to fall away given their squad, but they have been top eight throughout and got good results," said Dobson."They have been competitive in every game they have played."Cardiff: Winnett; Beetham, B Thomas, Jennings, Bowen; I Lloyd, Mulder; Southworth, Belcher (capt), Sebastian, Nott, Thornton, Botham, D Thomas, Basham.Replacements: D Hughes, Barratt, Assiratti, Lawrence, E Lloyd, E Bevan, S Emanuel, Halfpenny.Stormers: Willemse; Hartzenberg, Simelane, Roche, Zas; Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Khan; Mchunu, Venter, Fouche (capt), Smith, R van Heerden, P de Villiers, B-J Dixon, Roos.Replacements: Kotze, Kebble, Porthen, Moerat, Theunissen, Morabe, Ungerer, Matthee.Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)Assistant referees: Ben Connor (Wales), Lucas Yendle (Wales).TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland).