Summary

  • Bath beat Leicester to secure home Prem play-off semi-final

  • Exeter win against Saracens to seal play-off place; Sarries miss out

  • Play-off semi-finals: Northampton v Leicester (Fri, 12 June); Bath v Exeter (Sat, 13 June)

  • Sale and Gloucester claim final two European Champions Cup places

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  1. try

    Try: Exeter 25-12 Saracenspublished at 16:57 BST 6 June

    Isiekwe (72 mins), con Farrell

    Just hold on a moment!

    Nick Tompkins makes up for that error with a great pass to Tobias Elliott who sends it wide to Nick Isiekwe to stride over the line.

    Are Sarries back in this?

    Don't count them out!

  2. Postpublished at 74 mins

    Bath 24-17 Leicester

    Good competition from the Bath line-out but Leicester are guilty of a knock-on in mid air.

    Scrum Bath and with the bomb squad now on with fresh legs they cope comfortably.

  3. Postpublished at 16:56 BST 6 June

    Exeter 25-5 Saracens

    Wrong option from Nick Tompkins to kick there, Saracens need to keep hold of the ball.

    It was a great break started by Tom Willis and Nathan Michelow to get the visitors upfield only to give up possession when they approach the line.

  4. Latest scores elsewherepublished at 16:55 BST 6 June

    • Gloucester 49-21 Newcastle
    • Harlequins 24-31 Northampton
    • Sale 33-12 Bristol

    Gloucester and Sale are heading to next season's European Champions Cup. Quins will miss out.

  5. Postpublished at 16:54 BST 6 June

    Exeter 25-5 Saracens

    Saracens are having a go but it's just not happening for them as they knock the ball on in midfield.

    Exeter are 12 minutes away from securing their play-off place.

    They have had all the momentum since the break and have not given Saracens a look in.

  6. 'There must not be any mistakes from Exeter'published at 16:53 BST 6 June

    Exeter 25-5 Saracens

    John Lockyer
    Former Exeter Chiefs captain on BBC Radio Devon

    Remember seven points in rugby happens very quickly, so, there must not be any mistakes from Exeter now to let Saracens back in this game.

  7. Postpublished at 70 mins

    Bath 24-17 Leicester

    The chance to level up has gone for now! Orlando Bailey's kick to Adam Radwan isn't perfect and Tom de Glanville does fantastically to make up the ground as his tackle forces the knock-on.

    10 to go.

  8. 'Surely that could be the try'published at 16:51 BST 6 June

    Exeter 25-5 Saracens

    Nigel Walrond
    BBC Radio Devon commentator

    With only 15 minutes to go surely that could be the try that take Chiefs into to the semi-finals!

    What a turnaround from the end of the first half!

  9. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:50 BST 6 June

    Exeter 25-5 Saracens

    Saracens picked the worst time possible to revert to their poor early-season form. So many errors.

    Alex - London

  10. Postpublished at 68 mins

    Bath 24-17 Leicester

    Deft kick from Orlando Bailey comes to nothing but Leicester were playing with an advantage in their back pocket.

    It's still in the balance this one. Tigers have a line-out, five metres from the Bath line.

  11. try

    Try: Exeter 25-5 Saracenspublished at 16:49 BST 6 June

    Andrea Zambonin (64 mins), con Slade

    Yes it is!

    Exeter batter away on the Saracens line and it's Andrea Zambonin who is the Chief who fights his way over the line for what is surely the decisive score of this contest!

    Henry Slade knocks over the extras.

  12. 'Tigers not clinical'published at 16:49 BST 6 June

    Bath 24-17 Leicester

    Vicky Macqueen
    Former England full-back on BBC Radio Leicester

    Bath are looking more in control now. I think the score is a fair reflection on the game.

    I thought Tigers might get back in it, been in the red zone a few times but just nothing coming of it. They're just not quite being clinical in their finishing, they're not quite being able to make that last pass or keep that ball. George Martin losing the ball in contact is very unheard of as well.

  13. Postpublished at 16:48 BST 6 June

    Exeter 18-5 Saracens

    You're not wrong Chris - Exeter penalty five yards out from the Sarries line!

    Is this the moment?

  14. 'Hard to see Saracens coming back'published at 16:47 BST 6 June

    Exeter 18-5 Saracens

    Chris Jones
    BBC rugby union correspondent at Sandy Park

    Still 20 minutes to go but it is hard to see Saracens coming back from this. Even when they get a turnover and a chance to go into opposition territory, the TMO intervenes to give Chiefs a penalty.

    Everything is going Exeter's way and the body language from the Sarries players doesn't exude belief.

  15. Postpublished at 16:47 BST 6 June

    Exeter 18-5 Saracens

    20 minutes to go.

    Exeter have a 13-point lead - and the TMO has just had a word with ref Karl Dickson about an off-the-ball tackle on Len Ikitau by Sarries sub Nick Isiekwe so the home side have possession and an attacking platform.

    A try here could win it.

    But Saracens disrupt the line-out and win possession back.

  16. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Bath 24-17 Leicester

    Brilliant from Sam Underhill whose tackle is perfectly timed and Bath get a penalty.

    The hosts are then guilty of a knock on from the resulting line-out. The wind continues to swirl around at the Rec.

    Cameron Redpath is on for Ollie Lawrence for the final 15 minutes.

  17. Postpublished at 61 mins

    Bath 24-17 Leicester

    Leicester's George Martin is pulled up for offside, attempting to charge down a kick.

    The Tigers have to keep their discipline as we enter the final quarter of this one.

    Ben Spencer's good kick to the corner gets Bath up field but Max Ojomoh knocks on to relieve the pressure.

  18. Postpublished at 16:43 BST 6 June

    Exeter 18-5 Saracens

    Owen Farrell puts boot to ball for the first time to send his side into Chiefs territory.

    No panic yet from Sarries but they need to get motoring if their season, and Mark McCall's long tenure as boss, isn't to end today.

  19. 'Not great conditions for flowing rugby'published at 16:41 BST 6 June

    Bath 24-17 Leicester

    Dave Attwood
    Former Bath and England forward on BBC Radio Bristol

    This is very much a sell out, there's not empty seats that I can see here.

    There's a lot of ponchos on show. It wasn't good weather in the first half at all. It's been slightly better in the second half, slightly less rain going on but there's still howling wind.

    So, not great conditions for flowing rugby although we see the score at 24-17 there are plenty of tries being scored so far.

  20. Postpublished at 16:40 BST 6 June

    Gloucester 49-14 Newcastle

    I think it's safe to say Gloucester will be joining Sale in the European Champions Cup in 2026-27.

    James Venter has just scored the hosts' seventh try at Kingsholm. Victory will secure eighth place and a seat at European rugby union's top table.

    Harlequins are level at 19-19 with Prem leaders Northampton, but their result matters little now.

    Sale are 33-12 up on Bristol with that game drifting a bit.