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There will always be 1 South African team and 1 Australian team in the playoffs due to the Conference Leader rule for automatic qualification.
I think the point here was more that the Jaguares could top the South African log and then a second Australian team would top the second SA team, meaning there would be no SA based teams in the qualifiers. Personally I don't see this happening, the Lions are too far ahead of the Rebels at this point, to catch up the Rebels would have to play monumentally well, having to likely win 4 of their final five games, which includes playing the Waratahs, Highlanders, Blues and Reds. The Lions have three games left, all local derbies, and one would back them to win two out of three out of playing the Sharks, Bulls and Stormers.