Saracens vs Gloucester LIVE: Premiership Rugby semi-final latest score and updates as Sarries lead at the break

Follow the latest updates live from the Premiership semi-final clash between Saracens and Gloucester, brought to you from Allianz Park.

Saracens are looking to make it another double following their European Champions Cup victory two weeks ago, and after their Premiership triumph last season, they start the play-offs as the favourites to go all the way despite finishing second to Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership table. With Mako Vunipola and Titi Lamositele injured, Richard Barrington and Vincent Koch start in a side that is otherwise unchanged from the one that beat Leinster.

Gloucester head into the semi-finals as the ‘best of the rest’, having pulled clear to finish third but falling some way behind the top two. However, they have Danny Cipriani starting at fly-half fresh from his RPA and Premiership Player of the Year award-double, with the England hopeful one of 13 players who return after being rested last weekend. Follow the live action below.

What time does it start?

Saracens vs Gloucester kicks off at 1:30pm on Saturday 25 May.

Where can I watch it?

The Premiership semi-final will be shown live on BT Sport 1 from 12:45pm.

What is the other semi-final?

Premiership table-toppers Exeter Chiefs take on Northampton Saints at 4.30pm.

Odds

Saracens: 1/6

Gloucester: 11/2

Draw (after 80 minutes): 25/1

What happens if it’s a draw?

There will be a five-minute break followed by a period of extra time of ten minutes each way, with a one-minute interval. If the scores remain equal, then the winner will be the team which has scored the most tries in the game (including extra time).

If the scores are level and the number of tries scored is equal, then there shall be a place kick competition. Each team nominates three kickers who will attempt to slot the ball through posts from six designated positions on the 10 and 22-metre lines. If the scores are tied after the six kicks for each team, it will go to “sudden death” from the middle of the 10-metre line. The three kickers must have been playing at the final whistle of extra time.

Teams

Saracens: Goode; Williams, Lozowski, Barritt, Maitland; Farrell, Spencer; Barrington, George, Koch; Skelton, Kruis; Itoje, Wray, B Vunipola.

Replacements: Gray, Adams-Hale, Judge, Isiekwe, Rhodes, Wigglesworth, Tompkins, Strettle.

Gloucester: Woodward; Sharples, Twelvetrees, Atkinson, Marshall; Cipriani, Heinz; Hohneck, Marais, Balmain; Slater, Mostert; Ackermann, Kriel, Morgan.

Replacements: Sherry, Rapava Ruskin, Dreyer, Savage, Ludlow, Polledri, Vellacott, Purdy.