BT Sport to screen Sunday's semi-final
By Mark Stevens
29/1/20
There may only be one fixture to grace the TV screens this weekend, but it certainly promises to be a cracker as Exeter Chiefs host Harlequins for a place in the Premiership Rugby Cup Final.
Returning after the Pool stages were concluded back in October, this weekend marks the first of two staggered semi-final clashes, with Saracens heading to Sale Sharks a week on Friday.
But you can see which team awaits them on Sunday from 12.30pm on BT Sport 2.
Winners of Pools 2 and 3 respectively, there was almost nothing to separate Harlequins and the Chiefs based on their group-stage exploits.
Both sides won three and lost one of their fixtures, with Quins besting Bristol Bears, London Irish and Gloucester Rugby before falling in derby defeat to Saracens, and Exeter downing Bath Rugby, Worcester Warriors and Bristol Bears but being felled by Leicester Tigers.
For the Londoners, victory would deliver their first final since the 2016 European Challenge Cup showpiece, with a last piece of silverware won in the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2013.
The Chiefs have, of course, tasted glory more recently than that, claiming Premiership supremacy in 2017, but will no doubt have half an eye on setting up a historic treble, with their Gallagher Premiership Rugby and Heineken Champions Cup charges still very much going strong.
And they will be buoyed by a fearsome home advantage having not been beaten by Quins at Sandy Park since 2014, when a late Tom Guest score sealed a dramatic 30-29 triumph for the Londoners.
The visitors will, however, no doubt be riding high after emphatically toppling Saracens 41-14 in last weekend’s Gallagher Premiership Rugby action, while potentially seeing the Chiefs as a wounded animal after their winning run was ended by Sale.
Either way, it is not one to miss, as two of England’s biggest names do battle in scenic surroundings on Sunday.
Sunday, Feburary 2
Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins, programme starts at 12:30pm, kick-off at 1pm, BT Sport 2