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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

Jack de Menezes
Twickenham
Saturday 27 May 2017 11:02 BST
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Jack Nowell scores Exeter's first try of the Premiership final
Jack Nowell scores Exeter's first try of the Premiership final (Getty)

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.

57 mins: Penalty to Exeter on halfway as Hughes and Mullan are penalised for not releasing in the tackle. Steenson goes for the corner again...and misses, again. These are chances Exeter cannot afford to keep letting go.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 15:52

58 mins: Changes for Wasps now as Mullan, Symons and Robson depart, with Simon McIntyre, Kearnan Myall and Joe Simpson on.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 15:53

61 mins: Sam Simmonds, the man who scored the match-winning try against Saracens, is on in place of Dave Dennis. Can he find something similar to win it for the Chiefs?

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 15:57

63 mins: Devoto has taken a knock and is getting treatment, though Exeter do have Michele Campagnaro still lying in wait. They win a penalty when Wasps infringe at the breakdown, and Steenson will go for goal from inside the 10m line.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:01

64 mins: Steenson's effort is straight through the posts and the lead is reduced! 20-17.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:01

64 mins: More changes for Wasps as Tommy Taylor and Thomas Young depart, with Ashley Johnson and Guy Thompson on.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:03

67 mins: The Exeter roar comes to life in south-west London as the Chiefs go through the phases to reach the 5m line. They're very narrow and happy to play one-out rugby, and Wasps are also defending narrow as a result. Nowell smartly pulls out wide, but the ball to him is poor and it gives Gopperth the chance to tackle him. Le Roux is penalised for offside though and Doyle comes back for the penalty, and it's a straight-forward kick if Steenson wants to tie it up. There's talk of taking the scrum though...and they're going for it!

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:07

70 mins: Still waiting for the scrum...

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:09

72 mins: Wasps get a good counter-shove and Waldrom has to take the ball on the retreat. Haskell does well to tackle him, but the Chiefs come again and are back to their one-out play. The get a good shove on but the ball is held up and we'll have another 5m scrum in Exeter's favour. Nervy stuff this.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:11

73 mins: Scrum No 2, and it's better from Exeter. It starts to go sideways though and the ball comes out...and Wasps have it! Gopperth clears his lines but doesn't find touch, and Woodburn counters. He loses the ball though and Wasps have it back, and Simpson has to boot clear.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:14

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