CHRIS FUSARO has two very good reasons for wanting Glasgow Warriors to overcome Ospreys in Swansea on Friday night.

Firstly, it will keep the Scotstoun men at the top of the Guinness Pro12 league table, and it will also ensure Gregor Townsend's side clinch a home semi-final before the visit of Ulster in their final game of the season on Saturday week.

And Fusaro insists his team-mates are determined to get the job done at the Liberty Stadium. He said: "All our focus is on this game, getting a win and that home semi-final.

"Last year, playing against Munster at Scotstoun, with 10,000 people there, the atmosphere was electric and something we are determined to repeat this year. It is a huge advantage. We are massively focused on the Ospreys - to do the job there and continue the momentum we have been building

"We had a good win over Cardiff and then a good win over Connacht, and though the performances have not been where we want them to be, we have analysed everything and going into the last three weeks - four weeks if we reach the final - these small details are the ones that matter."

On a personal level, he is also relishing the extra opportunity to demonstrate to Scotland coach Vern Cotter that he deserves a place in the national training squad preparing for the Rugby World Cup.

After playing in the win in Argentina, but then being part of the patched-together side that lost badly in South Africa, he has a point to prove.

"I ruptured a ligament in an ankle at Toulouse in the European Champions Cup," he said. "I managed to get it operated on the week after, but I was out for 12 weeks, which was very frustrating since it meant missing out on the Six Nations.

"I came back at the start of March and - touch wood - it's been fine since then. The good thing about making it to the play-offs is that it gives you a few more games. All my focus is on playing well for Glasgow, but hopefully as a consequence of that, I can get back into the Scotland squad.

"The World Cup is massive and once you have played for Scotland is it is a huge goal, and if you get to go it would be a massive achievement.

"The more guys who play in your position in Glasgow or Scotland, the more of a challenge you face and it forces you to change your game. You have to be at the top of your game and putting in good performances to get noticed, which is great for everyone involved.

"It's a shame that Tyrone [Holmes] is injured, but we have young Will Bordill coming through [at Glasgow] and doing really well - there is always somebody nipping at your heels."

In international terms, he is probably the one nipping at the heels of Blair Cowan, his London-Irish rival, which is just an added reason to really relish these crunch end-of-season games.

Meanwhile, head coach Townsend's picks for the McCrea Financial Services Player of the Month for April are Peter Horne, Adam Ashe, Chris Fusaro, Tim Swinson, Tommy Seymour and Niko Matawalu.