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.
96Â mins: Two scrum resets later and we're still on the 5m line...Time is ticking down and nothing's happening.
97 mins: Mullan is penalised for collapsing and Steenson has a shot at goal with three minutes left...
98Â mins: Steenson's effort sails through and Exeter lead 20-23!
100 mins: Into the final minute and Exeter are trying to run the clock down, but they're inside their own 22...
100 mins: The clock ticks down as Exeter go through their tenth phase. Wasps bring the pressure, but it's kicked into touch!
EXETER BEAT WASPS 23-20 AND WIN THE PREMIERSHIP FINAL!
Full-time: A thrilling finish to a thrilling season, and after last year's heartbreak, it's Exeter Chiefs who are crowned Premiership champions of 2016/17, seven years after gaining promotion to the top flight!Â
Wasps finished top of the table during the regular season, but in the end it was the Chiefs who triumphed in another final classic.
Exeter's Don Armand is named man of the match, and now the celebrations can begin!
After JP Doyle and his officiating staff go up to collect their medals, the unlucky runners-up, Wasps, go up to collect the medal that no one wants to win.
Led by Phill Dollman hobbling away on his crutches, the Exeter Chiefs head up to collect their winners' medals, as the Exeter Tomahawk rings around Twickenham. There isn't a neutral here that isn't happy for them, and now it's down to Gareth Steenson and Jack Yeandle to lift the Premiership trophy into the glorious sunshine above!
EXETER CHIEFS ARE THE 2016/17 PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS!
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