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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.

84 mins: Marty Moore is off with a head injury and that looked a bad one, meaning he won't be back. Swainston can't come on either though as he's already suffered a head injury, so Matt Mullan comes back on and, I think, McIntyre will go to tighthead to enable us to keep competitive scrums.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:36

86 mins: Wasps win a massive penalty and it's Hughes again, on his own 5m line, who gets over the ball to ease the pressure.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:38

89 mins: Cipriani has a kick to touch and delivers an absolute banger, putting Wasps just off the 5m line. The ball is secured by Exeter scrag the maul immediately. 

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:42

90 mins: The move breaks down when Le Roux tries to force a pass, and as Daly can't take it, Bassett is forced to dive on it and carry into touch. Chance wasted.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:43

90 mins: Half-time in extra-time, but the break is only one minute long so this won't be halted for long.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:44

91 mins: EXETER KICK-OFF AND THE SECOND HALF OF EXTRA TIME IS UNDERWAY!

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:45

94 mins: Nowell and Campagnaro get Exeter into the Wasps 22 and we're in drop-goal territory here. neither Steenson or Slade are in the pocket though, but Nowell breaks again on the right wing and the Chiefs are on the 5m line...

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:49

95 mins: Exeter think they've scored, Wasps think they've held it up...

TMO

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:50

95 mins: JP Doyle hasn't seen a grounding so the question is "Is it a try: Yes or no?" From what we can see, there's no conclusive video evidence...

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:51

95 mins: NO TRY! Scrum 5m to Exeter.

Jack de Menezes27 May 2017 16:52

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