Summary

  • Leicester, Sale and Bristol all win to seal place in semi-finals with table-toppers Bath

  • Gloucester and Saracens win but finish the day two points outside the top four spots

  • Bath v Bristol, Friday, 6 June (19:45 BST)

  • Leicester v Sale, Saturday, 7 June (15:30 BST)

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Live Reporting

Andrew Aloia, Matthew Cresswell and Chris Peddy

  1. converted try

    Converted try: Gloucester 36-21 Northampton

    Seb Atkinson (54 mins), con Santiago Carreras

    Just as they did in the first half, Gloucester have hit Northampton with a few quick tries.

    This time Christian Wade breaks away down the wing then links up with Seb Atkinson, who scores.

    Santiago Carreras add to the lead with the conversion.

  2. Exeter 19-23 Sale

    Brent Pilnick
    BBC Sport at Sandy Park

    What a turnaround this has been from Exeter in this second half.

    Sandy Park is rocking now - the home side can smell blood and just a fifth win of the season.

    Will Sale be able to get over this hump in the game and retake control? Their season may well depend on it.

  3. Sin-bin: Leicester

    Ollie Hassell-Collins (49 mins)

    Amazingly, Leicester Tigers have a second try ruled out in the space of just minutes.

    This time, it also results in Ollie Hassell-Collins being sent to the sin-bin for 10 minutes.

    The winger was found to have made an illegal fend-off when racing through, as he led with his elbow.

  4. try

    Try: Saracens 34-7 Bath

    Fergus Burke (59 mins)

    Fergus Burke no doubt puts this result beyond doubt before converting his own try.

    But the warmest applause if reserved for Alex Goode, Saracens' all-time top appearance-maker, who is coming off for the final time.

    What a career and it's a lovely tribute as his teammates come to join in the applause.

  5. converted try

    Converted try: Bristol 38-26 Harlequins

    Santiago Grondona (58 mins), con AJ MacGinty

    That could be the one that settles it.

    The hosts work the ball up to the line and Harlequins can only defend it for so long as the Bears work through the phases.

    Eventually Santiago Grondona adds his name to the scoresheet as he powers over, with AJ MacGinty kicking the extra points so the Bristol fans can breathe a little easier.

  6. converted try

    Converted try: Exeter 19-23 Sale

    Will Haydon-Wood (57 mins)

    Gorgeous score from Chiefs!

    Sale-bound flanker Jacques Vermeulen carries well before setting up Josh Hodge who offloads to replacement Will Haydon-Wood who scores to cap off a terrific team move.

    Hodge then adds the extras from the left with his trusted left-boot and this one is now a one-try match.

    We could be in four a nervy last 20 minutes here, if you're of a Sale persuasion that is.

  7. converted try

    Converted try: Gloucester 29-21 Northampton

    Jack Cotgreave (50 mins), con Santiago Carreras

    Jack Cotgreave has his hat-trick for Gloucester, after linking up well with Santiago Carreras to go over.

    Carreras then steps up to add the extra and the Cherry and Whites have breathing room again.

  8. 'Bristol must be pragmatic'

    Bristol 31-26 Harlequins

    Gareth Chilcott
    Ex-England and Bath prop on BBC Radio Bristol

    Bristol just need to keep hold of the ball for a while.

    They have to be pragmatic and keep territory. They can't just run around like it's a sevens tournament.

  9. Disallowed try

    Leicester 14-6 Newcastle

    Freddie Steward thinks he has Leicester's third try of the day, but the effort is immediately sent up to the television match official.

    It doesn't count with Solomone Kata found to be impeding a tackler in the build-up.

  10. try

    Try: Saracens 29-7 Bath

    Theo Dan (53 mins)

    A trio of hookers score a trio of tries for Saracens.

    Theo Dan gets Saracens' fifth and they are comfortably ahead.

  11. Penalty: Exeter 12-23 Sale

    George Ford (53 mins)

    Soon after scoring, Chiefs are then penalised for offside and from just under half way George Ford kicks another three points.

    He has been outstanding for Sale in the second-half of this season and is impressing again once more.

  12. converted try

    Converted try: Bristol 31-26 Harlequins

    George Hammond (52 mins), con Jamie Benson

    You cannot take your eyes off this for a second!

    Harlequins with two tries in three minutes.

    George Hammond powers forward and dots down, with Jamie Benson kicking the conversion to secure a bonus point for the visitors and move them within five points for Bristol.

  13. converted try

    Converted try: Exeter 12-20 Sale

    Josh Hodge (49 mins), conv Hodge

    Exeter are back in this one!

    All of a sudden, full-back Josh Hodge found himself in a whole lot of space and he dives in at the right corner.

    Hodge then superbly adds a touchline conversion to reduce the deficit to eight points.

  14. converted try

    Converted try: Gloucester 22-21 Northampton

    Jonny Weimann (47 mins), con Rory Hutchinson

    Jonny Weimann scrambles over for the first points of the second half to reduced the margin.

    Rory Hutchinson's conversion makes it a one-point game!

  15. converted try

    Converted try: Bristol 31-19

    Alex Dombrandt (50 mins)

    This has been end-to-end.

    Harlequins had gotten forward with a great break before conceding that last try.

    And they fly forward again with Jamie Benson down the middle, who sets up club captain Alex Dombrandt for the easiest of dot-downs next to the posts, returning the favour with an easy kick for Benson.

  16. Sin-bin: Sale

    Rekeiti Ma'asi White (47 mins)

    Sale haven't come out of the dressing room since the break and immediately lose territory to their 14-man opponents.

    Great surge from Chiefs scrum-half Stu Townsend starts a phase of play which eventually ends in a 15-man maul towards the Sale try line which is taken down illegally and Rekeiti Ma'asi-White is yellow carded.

    We're 14 aside now.

  17. Leicester 14-6 Newcastle

    The crowd are up in union in applause as England and Leicester Tigers legends Ben Youngs and Dan Cole are substituted off together.

    They may still get one more appearance here at Mattioli Woods Welford Road in the semi-final next week, but that was a special moment nonetheless.

  18. Get Involved

    The top four is currently as things were before the start of this afternoon's games, with Leicester, Sale and Bristol all heading into the semi-finals.

    But we've still got plenty of rugby to play.

    Thumbs down if you think things will stay as they are and thumbs up if you think we're going to see a change before the end of today.

  19. try

    Try: Bristol 31-12 Harlequins

    Gabriel Ibitoye (46 mins)

    Bristol have their fifth of the afternoon and it's a simple walk-in for Gabriel Ibitoye in the corner at the end of another fine team move.

    No threats of a Bristanbul repeat at the moment as the conversion attempt is missed.

  20. Leicester 14-6 Newcastle

    There is a delay in this game, with technical issues with the referee's radio being dealt with.

    It will only add to the drama of the day if this game is still going when other results are known elsewhere.