Premiership final live: Exeter Chiefs win their first ever top flight title as Gareth Steenson scores extra-time penalty
Follow the latest from the Premiership final at Twickenham
Wasps and Exeter Chiefs face off at Twickenham in the Premiership final with the winner set to be crowned the English champions for the 2016/17 season. Follow the latest here.
- Wasps vs Exeter Chiefs kicks off at 14:30 BST
- Wasps make three changes with Kurtley Beale absent through injury
- Tommy Taylor, Dan Robson and Josh Basset start
- Exeter make just one change as Olly Woodburn replaces James Short
- Wasps have not won the Premiership since 2008
- Exeter have never won the title and are in their second final after last year’s defeat
Follow the live action below...
Teams
Wasps: Willie Le Roux; Christian Wade, Elliot Daly, Jimmy Gopperth, Josh Bassett; Danny Cipriani, Dan Robson; Matt Mullan, Tommy Taylor, Phil Swainston; Joe Launchbury, Matt Symons; James Haskell, Thomas Young, Nathan Hughes.
Replacements: Ashley Johnson, Simon McIntyre, Marty Moore, Kearnan Myall, Guy Thompson, Joe Simpson, Alapati Leiua, Frank Halai.
Exeter Chiefs: Phil Dollman; Jack Nowell, Ian Whitten, Ollie Devoto, Olly Woodburn; Gareth Steenson, Stuart Townsend; Ben Moon, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Harry Williams; Dave Dennis, Geoff Parling; Kai Horstmann, Don Armand, Thomas Waldrom.
Replacements: Jack Yeandle, Carl Rimmer, Tomas Francis, Mitch Lees, Sam Simmonds, Will Chudley, Henry Slade, Michele Campagnaro.
Here we go then, the two teams are in the tunnel and this place is about to take off...
We'll have a minute's silence before kick-off for the 22 victims of the Manchester terror attack.
1 mins: A solid start for Wasps as they disrupt the kick-off and quickly force Exeter to kick away possession. Launchbury makes the first telling break of the game, but his offload can't be gathered by Haskell and the ball is knocked forwards. First scrum coming up...
4 mins: Swainston is pinged straight away for releasing the bind and Exeter win the penalty. It's on halfway, but Steenson goes for touch. He finds it just inside the Wasps half on the left touchline.
5 mins: They go with the driving maul and Waldrom breaks through the middle. Wasps disrupt the ruck once he's stopped, but Hughes is penalised for offside. Steenson again turns down the kick at goal and finds the 5m line, much to the crowds' approval.
5 mins: The maul immediately collapses and and referee JP Doyle decides it's Exeter's doing, meaning Wasps get the put-in and they survive the first Exeter attack. They're then given a free pass when the Exeter pack get their shove on too early, and Cipriani just about finds touch inside the Chiefs half.
8 mins: Wasps get the turnover after a big tackle comes in from Hughes, but Cipriani makes the error when he chips straight into touch when trying to counter.
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