Summary

  • Full-time: Saracens 24-17 Wasps

  • Rhodes, penalty tries for Saracens, Farrell 4 pens, 1 con

  • Robson, Johnson tries for Wasps, Gopperth 2 cons, 1 pen

  • Leicester take on French side Racing 92 in Nottingham on Sunday

  • Click "live coverage" tab to listen to commentary

  1. Until tomorrow...published at 17:28

    Righto, congratulations Saracens, on to Leicester-Racing 92 at the City Ground on Sunday. Kick-off is 15:00 BST and there will be live commentary on BBC Radio Leicester and online, plus live text commentary online. Night.

  2. Get Involvedpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 23 April 2016

    Saracens 24-17 Wasps

    John T. McCarthy on Twitter: "Turgid stuff for the most part and #Saracens while deserved winners are a niggly, bordering on dirty, team." 

  3. Postpublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 23 April 2016

    Saracens 24-17 Wasps

    Brendan Venter - Saracens technical director at large - was impressed by his side's performance.

    And less so by Monsieur Poite.

  4. Postpublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 23 April 2016

    Saracens 24-17 Wasps

    james HaskellImage source, Getty Images

    Wasps captain James Haskell speaking to Sky Sports: "When you run yourself into the ground like we did, then there is not much more that you can ask. 

    "It comes down to the fine margins. We have to pick ourselves up and go again because there is still the Premiership to play for and we want to finish well with this team that won't be together again next season."

  5. Saracens' season?published at 17:15

    Saracens were thumped 23-6 in the 2014 final there will be no Toulon this time. Sarries beat Leicester 26-6 at home in the Premiership this season but it was 21-13 to Leicester at Welford Road. Racing 92 are currently fourth in the Top 14 table.

  6. Postpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 23 April 2016

    Saracens 24-17 Wasps

    Maro ItojeImage source, Getty Images

    Saracens' man of the match Maro Itoje speaking to Sky Sports:  "The resilience in the team and the quality of the person in the team helps us control games and come through difficult points in the match. 

    "Our half-backs run the game - superbly backed by a coaching team. We don't mind too much who we play in the final, we just want to give a good account of ourselves."  

  7. Postpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 23 April 2016

    Saracens 24-17 Wasps

    BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Former Scotland scrum-half Rory Lawson on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "It was a fascinating contest - a clash of two different styles and the differences was the Saracens' setpiece and defence. There were some fantastic individual performances from Wasps but they could not get their momentum going as a whole because Saracens just bring some much pressure to bear when they don't have the ball.

    "It was Test match intensity at times."

  8. Full-timepublished at 17:08

    Saracens 24-17 Wasps

    Good game, that. Wasps with a great start, followed by 60 minutes of Saracens dominance, followed by a harem-scarem finish. Wasps will play either Leicester or Racing 92 in Lyon on 14 May. Maro Itoje was man of the match, the Saracens second-row was monumental again today. Apparently he's only lost one game of rugby this season, some player... 

  9. Full-timepublished at 80 mins

    Saracens 24-17 Wasps

    McIntyre back into the fray and he's straight into a scrum... the clock ticks into the red, the ball goes in, the ball goes out, the whistle goes. Saracens back in the Champions Cup final, can they finally land it this season?

  10. Saracens 24-17 Waspspublished at 79 mins

    Wasps with one last blast of the trumpet, going down swinging blows... Simpson knocks on in the tackle, Saracens scrum, that looks like that...

  11. Saracens 24-17 Waspspublished at 78 mins

    Lots of late changes as both coaches seek to freshen things up... Daly just misses touch with a monster clearance, Farrell coughs the ball up, Ashton boots the ball out, concedes the penalty... bit silly, that, given up acres of territory...

  12. Postpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 23 April 2016

    Saracens 24-17 Wasps

    BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Former Scotland scrum-half Rory Lawson on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "Ashley Johnson - hitting that angle, at that pace, at 18 stone - you are not going to stop him. What a finale in store."

  13. try

    Try (Johnson)published at 77 mins

    Saracens 24-17 Wasps

    Daly makes ground but is pulled down just short of the try-line... TRY! Johnson thunders over from close-range and Gopperth kicks the extras to keep Wasps alive...

  14. Saracens 24-10 Waspspublished at 75 mins

    Saracens pinged for crossing at the restart, a bit of argy-bargy as Goode prevents the quick one, Wasps finally tap and go...

  15. Postpublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 23 April 2016

    Saracens 22-10 Wasps

    BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Former Scotland scrum-half Rory Lawson on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "The big powerful Saracens machine just cranked up a couple of notches there, Wasps are down man in the forward with Simon McIntyre in the sin bin and they could not stop that Saracens' drive once it had picked up momentum."

  16. try

    Penalty trypublished at 74 mins

    Saracens 22-10 Wasps

    Wide from Daly to Wade, but the flying Wasps winger is snaffled by Ashton. Saracens win the penalty as Young is wrapped up by Fraser and here comes the line-out drive... Fraser controlling the ball at the rear, the hosts makes 15-20 yards... on towards the try-line, penalty try! Illegal collapsing, Saracens appear to be on their way to Lyon.

  17. Postpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 23 April 2016

    Saracens 17-10 Wasps

    BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Former Scotland scrum-half Rory Lawson on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra: "Wasps have an uphill struggle now and they are emptying the bench now with number eight Ashley Johnson and flanker Sam Jones coming on to try and inject some pace into the loose.

    "This is Dai Young showing his final hand."

  18. Sin-bin (McIntyre)published at 69 mins

    Saracens 17-10 Wasps

    Not sure what to make of that. McIntyre is sent to the sin-bin for that kick on Itoje, it could have been a red, but I'm not actually sure it was as bad as it looked. Get me? Anyway, Farrell slippers over the three-pointer and Wasps look finished...

  19. Saracens 14-10 Waspspublished at 69 mins

    Hmmm, bit of skulduggery at the breakdown, McIntrye booting Itoje in the face in retaliation for being held on to. Yellow card coming up, I think...

  20. Saracens 14-10 Waspspublished at 67 mins

    Itoje looks very much like an England legend in the making, he's caused havoc again today. When doesn't he? Saracens were dangling for a moment but they have found a foothold again. Phases inside Wasps' 22 but they butcher the chance... Gopperth takes a chance, feeds Wade, but they eventually come back for the knock-on...