**Exeter Chiefs can keep their Gallagher Premiership Rugby semi-final dreams alive with a win against in-form Leicester Tigers live on ITV1 and BT Sport 1HD on Sunday.** Chiefs are eight points off fourth with a game in hand on the three sides above them while the hosts are looking to consolidate their own place in the top four. Tigers are third, five points clear of Northampton Saints in fifth, but a defeat against Chiefs would bring their hopes of semi-final spot in to question. The game kicks off at 3pm with coverage starting from 2pm on BT Sport 1HD and 2.30pm on ITV1. This weekend we cel ..read more

**Christophe Ridley will take charge as Gloucester Rugby host rivals Bath Rugby in one of the Gallagher Premiership Rugby’s showpiece occasions on Friday evening.** The Cherry & Whites are in need of a win to keep their semi-final hopes alive while a victory for Bath could see them climb to within three points of their West Country neighbours ahead of the final two rounds. Ridley will be assisted by Anthony Woodthorpe and Jack Makepeace at Kingsholm, while Dean Richards is on TMO duties. Staying in the South West, Bristol Bears take on Sale Sharks with the visitors looking to seal just a s ..read more

**Christophe Ridley will take charge as Gloucester Rugby host rivals Bath Rugby in one of the Gallagher Premiership Rugby’s showpiece occasions on Friday evening.** The Cherry & Whites are in need of a win to keep their semi-final hopes alive while a victory for Bath could see them climb to within three points of their West Country neighbours ahead of the final two rounds. Ridley will be assisted by Anthony Woodthorpe and Jack Makepeace at Kingsholm, while Dean Richards is on TMO duties. Staying in the South West, Bristol Bears take on Sale Sharks with the visitors looking to seal just a s ..read more

**Exeter Chiefs delivered their best performance of the season to ensure English representation in the Heineken Champions Cup semi-finals.** Chiefs delivered a thoroughly convincing display to dismantle DHL Stormers 42-17 in their last eight tie at Sandy Park to set up a semi-final showdown with La Rochelle. Saracens had hoped to make it an all-English final four fixture but were beaten 24-10 by the holders, thus ending their hopes of a fourth tournament triumph. Leicester Tigers were the final Gallagher Premiership Rugby side in European action and they exited Europe’s premier competition on ..read more

**With just three matches to go in the regular Gallagher Premiership Rugby season, every point matters in the battle for semi-final places and European qualification.**  Just 11 points separate ninth from fourth in the table, ensuring a thrilling end to an enthralling season, and there is much to play for in the fight for Heineken Champions Cup qualification with one of the semi-final chasing pack set to miss out.  This week there are two Friday night matches under the lights, both of which involve sides with an outside shot at reaching the top four.  Bristol Bears host Sale Sha ..read more

**Maro Itoje says it is a special privilege to be involved in Sunday’s huge Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final as Saracens head to take on La Rochelle at Stade Marcel Deflandre.** Sarries will face the Reigning Champions on the Atlantic Coast, and Itoje has challenged the squad to ensure that the occasion brings the best out of them with a place in the last four at stake. Director of Rugby Mark McCall has made one change to the starting line-up from the side that beat the Ospreys last weekend, with Nick Isiekwe replacing Andy Christie in the back-row after the Scotland international broke hi ..read more

**Rob Baxter’s believes last weekend’s Heineken Champions Cup victory over Montpellier has set a ‘baseline’ from which his side must now attack the remainder of this season.** Exeter’s dramatic 33-33 draw against the French giants, won on a try count back, means the Chiefs will have home advantage when they welcome another rugby heavyweight, the Stormers, to Devon for tomorrow’s quarter-final encounter (5:30pm). In a game which was emotionally draining both for players and supporters alike, Devon’s finest must rouse themselves again for another physical showdown against their illustrious South ..read more

### The countdown is on! 50 days and counting until the champions are crowned. [Will you be there?](https://www.eticketing.co.uk/premiershiprugby/EDP/Event/Index/11?position=1) The most wide-open Gallagher Premiership Rugby season ever! With just 50 days to go, only Saracens have qualified for semi-finals. Every team from Sale Sharks in second down to Gloucester Rugby in ninth still have a realistic shot at reaching the Gallagher Premiership Rugby Final at Twickenham on 27 May. What team will be crowned 2023 champions…. The post 50 Days until Gallagher Premiership Rugby Final 2023! appeared fi ..read more

**2020 Champions Cup winners Exeter Chiefs are eyeing a Heineken Champions Cup semi-final at Ashton Gate – the same venue they lifted the trophy in 2020 – and will be pitted against another of Premiership Rugby’s former Kings of Europe in Saracens if results go the pair’s way this weekend.** The **Chiefs** face DHL Stormers at Sandy Park having overcome a dogged Montpellier side after extra-time last time around, and will be relishing a semi-final at the stadium in which they tasted European glory should they prevail on home turf once again this weekend and runaway Gallagher Premiership leader ..read more

**Andrew Brace will take charge as Gallagher Premiership Rugby leaders Saracens travel to take on the defending Heineken Champions Cup champions La Rochelle on Sunday.**  The Irish referee oversaw Exeter Chiefs’ last-16 clash with Montpellier this weekend, and will now run the rule over the clash between two heavyweights at the Stade Marcel Deflandre.  Brace will be supported by Frank Murphy and Chris Busby as his assistants, with Joy Neville serving as the TMO for the game which kicks off at 3pm.  The European action kicks off in Dublin however, where Leinster host reigning Gal ..read more