Summary

  • Northampton win Premiership title for first time

  • FT: Saracens 20-24 Northampton

  • Alex Waller try in last minute of extra-time wins it for Saints

  • Score was 14-14 after 80 minutes

  • Owen Farrell injured celebrating a disallowed try

  1. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    There goes the whistle and extra-time it is, for the first time ever in a Premiership final. Right, I suppose I better sift through my notes and work out what happens next...

  2. Postpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Brian Moore
    Former Harlequins and England hooker on BBC Radio 5 live

    "The players are shattered at the moment. It's been a monumental effort by both sides."

  3. Postpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Big call for JP Doyle to give a penalty at the line-out, and we have a scrum. Saints put in, and the clock is red...

  4. Postpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Saints manage to win the ball back, though, and Tom Wood, of all people, finds touch. Into the final 60 seconds. Are we heading for extra time?

  5. Postpublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    This is all Sarries, probing and searching for a gap. This has been another amazing defensive effort from Saints, but they know any mistake now could decide this Premiership final.

  6. Postpublished at 16:49 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Into the final five minutes we go, Northampton have the ball in hand. But they've given away a penalty at the breakdown on halfway and Charlie Hodgson chooses to head for the corner rather than take on the long-range penalty. How's your nerves?

  7. Postpublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Paul Grayson
    Former Northampton and England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 live

    "Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant from Brits. He forced himself between two men to make that try."

  8. TRY - Bosch (missed con Hodgson)published at 16:45 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    The pressure counts at last, and it's a try for Marcelo Bosch! A terrific offload by Shalk Brits sets it all up, and Bosch is over in the corner. A huge kick for Charlie Hodgson here, who can put his side ahead with six minutes to go. No! His conversion comes back off the post! We're all square.

  9. Postpublished at 16:43 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Another infringement by Northampton, another penalty for Saracens. Now, does Steve Borthwick go for the posts or for the corner? The corner it is, five metres out...

  10. Postpublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Sarries win a penalty from the resulting line-out and head for touch themselves. We're into the final 10 minutes.

  11. Postpublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    A quite welcome breather as we head to the TMO to have a little look at an earlier challenge, but he decides there's nothing doing and Saints replacement Ryan Wilson eventually kicks the penalty for touch.

  12. Postpublished at 16:39 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Brian Moore
    Former Harlequins and England hooker on BBC Radio 5 live

    "That was wonderful defence by Northampton, huge hits right under the posts."

  13. Postpublished at 16:39 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Mark McCall's side are five metres out, desperate to find a way through, but Chris Wyles' pass surely goes the wrong way and it all breaks down. Terrific work by Dylan Hartley at the breakdown, it must be said, in winning the penalty for Saints.

  14. Postpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    After all that excitement, we have a couple of re-set scrums. Sarries trail by five but have done all the attacking since George Pisi's try put Northampton ahead.

  15. Postpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    BBC Sport's Nabil Hassan at Twickenham: "That disallowed try could be the defining moment of this game.

    "Saracens thought they had it, only for the TMO to highlight a forward pass.

    "They could argue one in the build-up to Northampton's second score but that was not spotted. It's cost them Owen Farrell also, injured while celebrating the (non) try."

  16. OUCH!published at 16:36 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Welcome to the match, Charlie! Hodgson is absolutely nailed by Courtney Lawes as Saracens come forward. Remarkably, the 33-year-old is straight back on his feet. I'm not sure I would've been.

  17. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 16:35 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Saracens' Owen Farrell leaves the pitchImage source, Getty Images

    That's not great for Owen Farrell, who has bizarrely injured himself kicking the ball away in celebration. In celebration of a try that didn't even count, I hasten to add. Charlie Hodgson is on for the fly-half, who may even have put his spot on England's tour of New Zealand in some doubt.

  18. Get Involved via #bbcrugbypublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Adam Harkin:, external TECHNOLOGY! It works. Fantastic from the TMO

  19. DISALLOWED TRYpublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Well, I think we've ended up with the right decision but the way we got there was perhaps a little ugly. Saracens are on the attack straight from the restart, and replacement Chris Wyles looks to have Owen Farrell over. But Alex Goode's offload earlier in the move is forward - a long way forward. Amazingly, referee JP Doyle actually looks to have given the try - only for TMO Graham Hughes to intervene at last and it won't stand. We got there in the end.

  20. Postpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 31 May 2014

    Chris Jones
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    "What a kick from Myler! He steps up to the mark when Northampton need him most."