Confirmed: Saints to face Exeter Chiefs in Gallagher PREM final

The black, green and gold booked their spot in the showpiece by seeing off local rivals Leicester Tigers 45-31 at cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens on Friday night.

And on Saturday afternoon, Exeter joined them in the final, producing an incredible second-half comeback to beat defending champions Bath at The Rec.

Exeter were 26-10 down at the break, having been under huge pressure, but they found a way to secure a 27-26 win, scoring 17 unanswered second-half points.

The away side had to survive one final Bath charge, holding the ball up over the line to book their ticket to the final.

It means the teams who finished eighth (Saints) and ninth (Exeter) in last season's PREM will battle it out for glory.

And Exeter boss Rob Baxter said: "The first words I said at half-time were 'boys, I'm really confident we're going to win the game' because I watched the last five minutes of the first half and Bath were doing everything they could to slow the tempo down.

"I think we actually worked them very hard for the scores they got and the fact we didn't let the gap get bigger than 16 points, the more we're making them work, the more I felt we'd have time in the second half.

"I know we're fit, I know we're resilient and the more they were flagging and taking their time to get back onside, you could see in the body language that if we're ever going to exploit it, it's going to be now.

"We just had to be brave enough to play and you saw that in the second half.

"We had so much more time on the ball and that's how you have to play Bath. You can't just give them the ball and say 'how do you want to play, Bath?'.

"We went 'we're going to work you by moving you around and try to make you uncomfortable' and I just thought we did that really well in the second half."

Exeter were the only team not to lose at the Gardens this season, mounting an incredible PREM opening-day comeback as they roared back from 33-7 down at half-time to draw 33-33 in September.

Saints did win at Sandy Park in the PREM in April as Fin Smith’s late try gave the black, green and gold a 35-28 victory.

Exeter won the PREM Rugby Cup semi-final meeting between the two sides in March, earning a 31-14 success in March.