Summary

  • FT: Wasps 21-20 Leicester Tigers

  • Kurtley Beale with early try for hosts, Josh Bassett late on sealed win

  • Peter Betham and Telusa Veainu tries for Leicester

  • FT: Exeter Chiefs 18-16 Saracens

  • Simmonds wins it for Exeter in last-minute after Nowell try

  1. Postpublished at 24 mins

    Wasps 10-6 Leicester

    Hmm, Leicester's Ben Youngs now concede a penalty for offside, but the Tigers players aren't happy.

    Jimmy Gopperth is going to extend the lead once again...

  2. 'Ben Youngs needs the ball'published at 23 mins

    Wasps 10-6 Leicester

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

    Paul gRAYSON COMMENTATESImage source, BBC Sport

    "Leicester have got two options, if they can get Ben Youngs quick ball to release him on the run.

    "But also if they can get a forward pod to shift the ball out to the open spaces, I think there's opportunities there out wide in the Wasps line to get through."

  3. Penalty (Burns)published at 21 mins

    Wasps 10-6 Leicester

    It's a super kick from Freddie Burns from the touchline. The ball wobbles and swirls its way towards the posts but drops in between them.

    Leicester are back in touch.

  4. Postpublished at 20 mins

    Wasps 10-3 Leicester

    This has been a much better last five minutes from Leicester. Wasps' Thomas Young is pinged for not releasing his man and Tigers have another penalty about 30m from the sticks and on the touchline.

    Freddie Burns is going to have a go...

  5. Penalty (Burns)published at 17 mins

    Wasps 10-3 Leicester

    Freddie Burns wasn't going to miss that. Straight between the sticks from the Leicester fly-half.

  6. Postpublished at 16 mins

    Wasps 10-0 Leicester

    Here we go, both sets of forwards are having a few words, a couple of shoves for the first time this afternoon.

    It comes after Leicester are awarded a penalty in front of the posts. Freddie Burns steps up...

  7. Postpublished at 13 mins

    Wasps 10-0 Leicester

    Leicester are now on the front foot, but Ben Youngs kicks it beyond the try-line and out into touch.

    It's been a sloppy start from the visitors.

  8. 'Devastating finish'published at 10 mins

    Wasps 10-0 Leicester

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

    Beale celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    "Magnificent from Wasps. Danny Cipriani with lightning hands and within a tenth of a second he shifts it out to the wing.

    "The interchange then from Elliot Daly and Willie Le Roux gives them such a quick break and the devastating finish from Kurtley Beale."

  9. try

    Try (Beale, con Gopperth)published at 8 mins

    Wasps 10-0 Leicester

    Kurtley Beale tryImage source, Getty Images

    What a stunning try from Kurtley Beale for Wasps!

    The Australia centre powers towards the try-line before flinging it out to Willie le Roux.

    Le Roux then passes it back inside to Beale who flies over the whitewash.

    Jimmy Gopperth adds the extras.

  10. Postpublished at 8 mins

    Wasps 3-0 Leicester

    it already seems like we're going to get a much more open game than we saw at Sandy Park.

    Handling conditions are much better. Let's hope that equates to some tries. That's what we're all here for really isn't it!?

  11. Postpublished at 5 mins

    Wasps 3-0 Leicester

    Oh Ben Youngs has to do better there.

    The Leicester scrum-half manages to skip past a couple of Wasps men but opts to kick rather than pass to his left when the break is on.

    The ball goes straight out of play. Poor from the England man...

    Ben YoungsImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 4 mins

    Wasps 3-0 Leicester

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

    "Just a little settler for Wasps - that's all they needed to get the crowd on their feet.

    "Leicester would've come here and talked about keeping the crowd quiet for the first 20 minutes, but it's the perfect starter for Jimmy Gopperth."

  13. Penalty (Gopperth)published at 2 mins

    Wasps 3-0 Leicester

    Jimmy Gopperth slots it through the posts from just inside halfway. It was an absolutely mammoth kick.

    Ideal start for the hosts.

  14. Postpublished at 2 mins

    Wasps 0-0 Leicester

    Brendon O'Connor is immediately punished for Leicester for not rolling away quickly enough.

    Penalty to Wasps inside the first minute. Jimmy Gopperth points for the tee.

  15. Kick-offpublished at 1 min

    Wasps 0-0 Leicester

    Danny Cipriani gets this second semi-final under way for Wasps...

  16. Teams heading outpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 20 May 2017

    Wasps v Leicester (17:15 BST)

    It's pretty much a full house at the Ricoh Arena. The weather is dry, we're all set for a cracking second Premiership semi-final.

    Tom Youngs leads his Leicester side out to a rapturous applause from both sets of fans.

    Table toppers Wasps against 10-time Premiership champions Tigers coming right up...

  17. Listen livepublished at 17:12 British Summer Time 20 May 2017

    Wasps v Leicester (17:15 BST)

    BBC Radio 5 live have all the action from the Ricoh Arena this afternoon of this second semi-final.

    Click or tap the tweet below to watch Sonja McLaughlan and Chris Jones' preview of this one.

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    Former England fly-half Paul Grayson will also be alongside Sonja and Chris in the commentary box.

    Also, you can hear BBC Coventry & Warwickshire and BBC Radio Leicester coverage of this match by choosing from the options at the top of the page.

  18. Semi-final 'matters so much' to Tom Youngs - Monyepublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 20 May 2017

    Wasps v Leicester (17:15 BST)

    Former England and Harlequins wing Ugo Monye told BBC Radio 5 live's Rugby Union Weekly show why Leicester's Premiership semi-final "matters so much" to captain Tom Youngs.

    The hooker recently learned that his wife is terminally ill but has continued to play rugby.

    Monye said: "These could be the last few moments that his wife gets to see him play rugby and he wants to share that with his brother who’s made the sacrifice of not going on tour with the Lions."

    You can hear more of what Monye had to say below...

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    Ugo Monye explains why Leicester's premiership semi-final 'matters so much' to Tom Youngs

  19. 'We know the enormity of the challenge'published at 17:09 British Summer Time 20 May 2017

    Wasps v Leicester (17:15 BST)

    Matt O'ConnorImage source, Getty Images

    Leicester head coach Matt O'Connor told BBC Radio Leicester:

    "The guys have got a lot of confidence from the last time we went to the Ricoh.

    "We know the enormity of the challenge. Wasps are very dangerous, they've got world-class players across the back line, who can score from anywhere and have a very abrasive forward pack that is really competent at the set piece. You don't end up top of the league by chance.

    "It's a start point for us - it's certainly not an end point for this group. They've worked incredibly hard to get to this point but they understand this is only the beginning of the journey."

  20. "I was a bit hard on my son"published at 17:07 British Summer Time 20 May 2017

    Wasps v Leicester (17:15 BST)

    Dai Young says senior players at Wasps told him that they thought he was being a bit hard on his son when he initially joined the club.

    Thomas Young, the son of the former Wales prop and now Wasps director of rugby, joined in 2014 and has regularly started for Wasps this season.

    Young said: "You've got to try and treat him the same, but I certainly overcompensated when he was here early doors.

    "It took some of the senior players knocking on my door sand saying: 'Listen we think you're being a bit hard on Thomas, he should be playing a bit more.'"

    Media caption,

    Dai Young says senior players at Wasps told him that he was being a bit hard on his son.