Huddersfield Giants coach Nathan Brown will head to St Helens next season but the Australian is eager to cap off a successful four-year spell at the Galpharm Stadium with some silverware.

After a thrilling season of Aviva Premiership action, we are now well and truly at the business end of the campaign and on Saturday there are two mouthwatering play-off semi-final clashes.

Championship side Leigh host Leeds Rhinos in the Challenge Cup on Friday night and the Rhinos have the last four in their sights.

It’s been a tough first half of the Super League season for both Castleford Tigers and Widnes Vikings and now the two struggling sides are set to go head-to-head at the PROBIZ Coliseum on Monday (Castleford 1/8, draw 33/1, Widnes 5/1).

Warrington Wolves are back in Super League action on Sunday and it’s the turn of the Salford City Reds to try and stop head coach Tony Smith and his players at the Halliwell Jones Stadium (Warrington 1/20, draw 33/1, Salford 9/1).

Home is where the heart is for Friday’s two Super League encounters, with St Helens and Wigan expected to pick up the points against Wakefield and Hull KR respectively.

The draw for the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup was made on Tuesday and there are some intriguing showdowns in prospect – including a derby clash between bitter rivals and Super League heavyweights Wigan Warriors and St Helens (outright betting -totesport).

It’s semi-final weekend in the Heineken Cup and all eyes look ahead to May’s final at Twickenham with Ulster taking on Edinburgh on Saturday before defending champions Leinster meet Clermont on Sunday.

Challenge Cup holders Wigan Warriors face a tricky fifth round tie at Featherstone Rovers on Friday evening, while Super League rivals St Helens are up against Oldham at Langtree Park.

This year’s Super League competition appears to be the gift that keeps on giving and Sunday proves no different with four matches being played. Two of them, Bradford vs Huddersfield and Hull FC vs Wigan (Wigan 11/4 Challenge Cup outright), look as if they could end up as some of the best matches of the season so far.