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Saracens and Exeter name teams for Premiership Final

By Online Editors
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Both Exeter Chiefs and Saracens have named their sides ahead of the Premiership Final at Twickenham.

Saracens put on a try-scoring masterclass to down Wasps, while Exeter Chiefs kept up their bid retain the crown by defeating Newcastle Falcons in a show-stopping semi-final weekend.

This Saturday’s match at Twickenham will be on shown on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport 4K UHD with coverage starting at 2pm, one hour before the season’s showpiece gets underway.

This will be the fourth time in five years that Saracens have made it to the Final while Exeter Chiefs are heading back to Twickenham for a third straight campaign.

When the pair collided in the 2016 Final it was tries from Alex Goode, Chris Wyles and Duncan Taylor that proved the difference as Saracens ran out 28-20 victors.

The Chiefs would have their revenge 12 months later in the most dramatic of circumstances as a 79th minute try from Sam Simmonds helped snatch a 18-16 semi-final victory at Sandy Park.

Saracens have named an unchanged 23 for the Aviva Premiership final against Exeter Chiefs.

Saracens team to face Exeter Chiefs:

15 Alex Goode

14 Sean Maitland

13 Alex Lozowski

12 Brad Barritt

11 Chris Wyles

10 Owen Farrell

9 Richard Wigglesworth

1 Mako Vunipola

2 Jamie George

3 Vincent Koch

4 Maro Itoje

5 George Kruis

6 Nick Isiekwe

7 Jackson Wray

8 Billy Vunipola

16 Schalk Brits

17 Richard Barrington

18 Juan Figallo

19 Will Skelton

20 Michael Rhodes

21 Ben Spencer

22 Marcelo Bosch

23 Nathan Earle

CHIEFS SIDE TO FACE SARACENS

15 Lachie Turner

14 Jack Nowell

13 Henry Slade

12 Sam Hill

11 Olly Woodburn

10 Joe Simmonds

9 Nic White

1 Alec Hepburn

2 Luke Cowan-Dickie

3 Tomas Francis

4 Mitch Lees

5 Jonny Hill

6 Dave Ewers

7 Don Armand (capt)

8 Sam Simmonds

16 Jack Yeandle

17 Ben Moon

18 Greg Holmes

19 Sam Skinner

20 Thomas Waldrom

21 Stuart Townsend

22 Gareth Steenson

23 Ian Whitten