Premiership semi-final: Saracens and Exeter Chiefs reach the final

Summary

FT: Exeter 34-23 Wasps
Exeter win to reach first-ever Premiership final
FT: Saracens 44-17 Leicester
Sarries run in five tries to make final at Twickenham on 28 May
England duo Farrell and Tuilagi both go off injured

Live Reporting

Brendon Mitchell and Nathan Middleton

The best of the bestpublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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The end of the regular season brings a time of reflection. A chance to rest. A time to look back on the campaign. And a chance to delve into some stats.
And it is not just the top teams that dominate here. For example, Newcastle's Mark Wilson finished top of the tackle charts. Worcester's Chris Pennell made the most metres with ball in hard. And Sale's Bryn Evans was the top line-out stealer.
And, when it comes to running with ball in hand, Leicester's winger is the joint best...
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The lowdownpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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Want to know a bit more about all four teams in action today? Then we've got you covered.
This handy article provides stats, facts and quotes from those involved in the heat of the battle today
A Leicester double?published at 12:22 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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Leicester, lest we forget, is a city with a buzz about it at the moment.
As the most successful side in England, the Tigers have been used to sporting bragging rights in the East Midlands but they have had to play second fiddle to the phenomenal story of Leicester City winning the Premier League this year.
A win today though will see them 80 minutes away from continuing the feel-good factor around the city and, I'm sure, another excuse for a party.
The men in chargepublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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Speaking of the Saracens boss, he's been giving his final thoughts ahead of kick-off along with his Leicester counterpart.
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We've got a really motivated bunch but we understand out mentality has to be spot on today. Our game is driven about how hard we work and how physical we are, and that's our focus."
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall, BT Sport
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It's a one off game. We know they're very good, but if you look at our line-up we're very good as well. For us, we're underdogs."
Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill, BT Sport
The Treblepublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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As well as being crowned the kings of Europe in the past seven days, it was a good week during awards season for Saracens.
Full-back Alex Goode won the Premiership player of the season, Maro Itoje was named the best under-23 player and Mark McCall was crowned director of rugby of the year.
The Sarries boss obviously remained in fully-focused mode at the awards do, unable to even crack a smile at his achievement.
get involved
Get Involved via #bbcrugbypublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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You may, or may not, have known that the England head coach Eddie Jones spent a day this week with his footballing counterpart Roy Hodgson ahead of their Euro 2016 preparations.
With that in mind, who would you like to see feature for England in Australia this summer, that has so far not played much of a part under Jones? Thomas Waldrom? Freddie Burns? Will Fraser?
Share your thoughts on that, plus photos, musings and general rugby chat, by using #bbcrugby on Twitter.
English dominancepublished at 12:13 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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Out of the last seven Premiership finals, Saracens and Leicester have won five of them.
You have to go back 12 years in fact since one of these teams was not involved in the showpiece event at Twickenham.
Have we met before?published at 12:10 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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When it comes to meetings between the two, it's 1-1 for this season.
Saracens won 26-6 at the start of the year, but the Tigers produced one of their best displays this season in a 21-13 victory in March.
Saracens have also won the last three meetings at Allianz Park.
Team newspublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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Manu Tuilagi, Mike Fitzgerald and Brendon O'Connor all return for Leicester Tigers.
The Tigers finished their season with a 38-27 defeat at Bath, but have had an extra week off with Saracens playing in their final last Saturday.
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Replacements: Leonardo Ghiraldini, Ellis Genge, Logovi'i Mulipola, Ed Slater, Will Evans, Jono Kitto, Tommy Bell, Adam Thompstone.
Team newspublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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Saracens have named the same side that beat Racing 92 to win the European Champions Cup last week.
There is only one change to the matchday squad with Neil de Kock replacing Ben Spencer.
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Replacements: Jamie George, Richard Barrington, Juan Figallo, Jim Hamilton, Jackson Wray, Neil de Kock, Charlie Hodgson, Marcelo Bosch.
First uppublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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Right, before we get into our build-up, here's a reminder of the two teams in our first game.
It's semi-final daypublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 21 May 2016
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In might be FA Cup final day for football fans, but for rugby aficionados Premiership semi-final play-off weekend is a date to saviour.
Later on this afternoon we'll have build up and coverage from Sandy Park as Exeter Chiefs face Wasps, but first up it is newly-crowned European champions Saracens looking to reach a third straight final against Leicester Tigers.
Welcome to our coverage.