A change of props for the home team as Bevan Rodd and Coenie Oosthuizen enter the field.

Simon McIntyre and Nick Schonert make way.

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Harry Potter is nailed by Manu Tuilagi as he deals with George Ford's cross kick and is penalised for holding on.

Ford takes the penalty from just inside his own half and nails it. The advantage is now four points.

Leicester full-back Freddie Steward is a good man to have under these bombs from Sale as he rises well to coolly take Gus Warr's latest effort.

That does take the pressure off his defenders.

And again, another superb take. Excellent full-back play from England's number 15.

Leicester kick to the corner. They then win the line-out and try to power over the line, but Sale manage to force Jasper Wiese into touch.

That would have been massive if the Tigers had scored a try with a man fewer.

Remember Leicester are still down to 14 men for the first five minutes of this half after that Dan Cole yellow card.

The Tigers would love to get through that unscathed.

And they win a penalty off Manu Tuilagi.

Away we go. Who makes it to Twickenham?

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This is Leicester's 14th Premiership semi-final. It is just a fourth for Sale. But both teams have played as if it was their first, and last.

The players have left everything out there in that first half. The benches could be crucial in this second period.

Vicky Macqueen
Ex-England full-back on BBC Radio Leicester

Sale aren't able to get the quick ball they've expected throughout the season.

Their line speed and tenaciousness to get off the line and get the ball back, it feels like when they've not got the ball, they want it back really badly.

Meanwhile, Jimmy Gopperth is a class player. When you've got these touch and go games, every decision matters, pressure will tell and he's the right call.

Christian Day
Former Sale Sharks captain on BBC Radio Manchester

I thought it was a fantastic first half of rugby. The injuries and stoppages broke up the momentum but the first 30 minutes were fast and furious and it was a real spectacle.

Sale got into more attacking positions but Leicester showed how clinical they can be if Sale are sloppy.

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Gus Warr kicks the ball out and the players can take a well-deserved breather.

(That picture above is of Manu Tuilagi celebrating his side being awarded a first-half penalty, by the way - not the opportunity for a break...)

Tom Roebuck's converted score gives Sale the slenderest of half-time advantages after Jimmy Gopperth's earlier penalties.

An absorbing 40 minutes of play-off rugby.

Leicester win the ball from a Sale line-out. That is huge as they try to escape to half-time without conceding any more points.

Ben Youngs puts his body on the line to prevent Rob du Preez from scoring in the corner as the centre's foot creeps into touch.

The physicality in this game is off the scale.

There is also a TMO call to see if Youngs' shot was not a no-hands tackle. It's decided that he was trying to make a fair tackle.

But Youngs needs to leave the field for a head injury assessment. Jack van Poortvliet is on.

Vicky Macqueen
Ex-England full-back on BBC Radio Leicester

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The team of four refereed that well.

It was foul play despite the fact there wasn't a great degree of danger, so that's fair enough.

Referee Wayne Barnes goes upstairs to the TMO to review a challenge by Dan Cole on Akker van der Merwe.

It's decided that Cole was too high and close to the Sale hooker's head and the Tigers prop is yellow-carded.

Can Sale take advantage?

That is heroic stuff from Tommy Reffell as the Wales back rower steals the ball about two yards from his own try line.

His team-mates and the Tigers supporters absolutely loved it!

Leicester's defence is really under the pump, both from the Sale pack up close and then as the ball is worked out wide.

The Tigers give up another penalty.

Leicester are starting to cough up penalties. It's a sign of how Sale are beginning to turn the screw.

The Sharks kick for the corner with their latest penalty.

Luther Burrell
Former England centre on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

We're 30 minutes into this game and you can still feel the tension between these two sides and it's fantastic.

It will be interesting to see what Sale do, are they going to drop one of the forwards into the back to counter the kicking game Leicester are bringing?

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TV cameras pan to England head coach Steve Borthwick in the stands as Ben Curry is carried off.

What will that mean for the Sale skipper's World Cup chances in September?

Possibly the biggest cheer of the afternoon as Ben Curry jackals Dan Cole to turn the ball over.

But that turns to concern as the Curry twin is down and cannot carry on. And the stretcher needs to come out to escort him from the field.

Dan du Preez comes on in place of the Sale skipper.