Holders La Rochelle run in seven tries to reach Champions Cup final
French side produce dazzling semi-final display in Bordeaux
La Rochelle will face Leinster in final on 20 May in Dublin
Hosts lead 26-7 at half-time after tries from Raymond Rhule, UJ Seuteni, Gregory Aldritt and Tawera Kerr-Barlow
Rhule, Kerr-Barlow and Pierre Bourgarit score in second half
Exeter respond with three late tries as they fought to the end
La Rochelle 26-7 Exeter Chiefs
Exeter are back to 15 with Frost back on after his 10 minutes in the sin bin. They'll need him as La Rochelle have started where they left off, rumbling through the middle with a cute chip ahead.
La Rochelle 26-7 Exeter Chiefs
And we're under way, La Rochelle kick off with a third straight final in their grasp.
La Rochelle 26-7 Exeter Chiefs
File under 'big unit'.
Image source, Getty ImagesLa Rochelle 26-7 Exeter Chiefs
And that is the last kick of the half.
Exeter have it all to do, it has been one-way traffic since they opened the scoring.
Tawera Kerr-Barlow (Conv. Antoine Hastoy)
Lovely offload after lovely offload by La Rochelle before Uini Atonio feeds it back inside him to his left, with scrum half Kerr-Barlow charging on to it before dotting down by the posts for a simple conversion chance.
La Rochelle 19-7 Exeter Chiefs
Exeter have their first spell in the opposing half for a while, brave stuff with just 14 players but prop Marcus Street drops the ball after it slips through Jannes Kirsten's hands.
Gregory Alldritt
La Rochelle swing the scrum to the right but the number eight picks up off the base and goes left unopposed from short range to grab their third try.
Hastoy misses the conversion, but the French side are in total control, and a man up for seven more minutes.
La Rochelle 14-7 Exeter Chiefs
Hooker Dan Frost is sent to the bin for collapsing a maul. Jack Yeandle has come on with Tom Wyatt being sacrificed, as it were, for 10 minutes.
Las Rochelle 14-7 Exeter Chiefs
Jonny Gray is helped off by two physios, his left leg is without sock or boot. Aidon Davis replaces him.
La Rochelle 14-7 Exeter Chiefs
Gray's leg is being held very still, this could be a serious injury. The rest of the players are taking the chance to take on a lot of water on a sweltering day in Bordeaux.
La Rochelle 14-7 Exeter Chiefs
This is brutal stuff, Jonny Gray is being seen to for a knee injury now and he looks to be in a lot of pain.
La Rochelle 14-7 Exeter Chiefs
Just ahead of that last stoppage we found out that Botia won't be appearing again today.
Image source, Getty ImagesLa Rochelle 14-7 Exeter Chiefs
Will Skelton's infringement around the neck gives the Chiefs the chance to clear with a penalty.
La Rochelle 14-7 Exeter Chiefs
Yes, he was short but that's because of a massive effort from multiple Exeter bodies to stop him.
Ah, now they are looking at a possible neck wrap in that last pile up.
La Rochelle 14-7 Exeter Chiefs
Gregory Alldritt tries to burrow over the line, Jaco Peyper says no try as he thinks they are short but they are reviewing this.
UJ Seuteni (conv. Antoine Hastoy)
La Rochelle pulls Exeter to the left, then centre UJ Seuteni slams onto a short pass to then zoom past Olly Woodburn on an angle, going over by the posts and giving Antoine Hastoy an easy chance to convert
Image source, Getty ImagesLa Rochelle 7-7 Exeter Chiefs
Paul Boudehent has replaced Botia for 10 minutes at least.
It's turned into a grapple-fest now and Exeter are holding their own outside their own 22. It's hot as well, and everyone is blowing hard.
La Rochelle 7-7 Exeter Chiefs
Worrying sight for La Rochelle, with Levani Botia walking off for a Head Injury Assessment.
La Rochelle 7-7 Exeter Chiefs
La Rochelle win their scrum on the five yard line, Grégory Alldritt shunting a few Exeter players out with him to buy a few precious yards before they kick downfield.
La Rochelle 7-7 Exeter Chiefs
There is no let-up!
Jacques Vermeulen and Jonny Gray take turns to bash their way to the opposing line but the ball is dropped by Jack Nowell right on the line, giving La Rochelle the chance to breathe again.