gareth steenson was in their side that day — today he makes his final appearance.tunate to be part of a lot of firsts at the club and i feel incredibly lucky but to me to be involved in the first ever double asa be involved in the first ever double as a player it would mean everything to me and it would mean come next week whenever the boots are hung up that i could go off very satisfied and know that there was nothing else i could do in exeter chiefs in terms a player. as for wasps — they'lljust be glad to be playing at twickenham after their place in the final was thrown into doubt following a host of postitive covid tests within the team, which means four key players are out of the final. we cannot understate the emotion that has gone with it. it's the pinnacle of the domestic competition in this country. you work so hard to get there, to have it taken away when you feel everything is out of your control is pretty hard to take but it will make it even more special when it comes to the weekend. meanwhile — the longest six nations in history will finally reach its

fly— half gareth steenson kicked the penalty that got them there. his final game before he retires. and he told me that despite winning the biggest prize in club rugby last weekend, the celebrations didn't last for too long. if you cannot enjoy achieving something as big as that, you are in the wrong game. it was very much a bit strange as honestly most guys we re bit strange as honestly most guys were straight on the phone and face time with family and friends people who just were not there. but we got ourselves in the room and spent two or three hours in the changing room and singing songs and i think the realisation really came the next day when we were saying this is the schedule for the week. keep yourselves ready because we have another big game albeit not knowing who we are really going to play. and it was very much all geared towards that. it must be so special to see the chiefs come to where they are now from where it started.|j the chiefs come to where they are now from where it started. i seem to come in at the time when the club really s

gareth steenson was in their side that day — today he makes his final appearance.t of a lot of firsts at the club and i feel incredibly lucky, but to be involved in the first ever double as a player, it would mean everything to me. it would mean come next week, whenever the boots are hung up, that i could go off very satisfied and know that there was nothing else i could do with exeter chiefs in terms of a player. as for wasps, they'lljust be glad to be playing at twickenham later. their place in the final was thrown into doubt after a host of postitive covid tests within the team which has left four key players out of the final. britain's tao geoghegan hart has a great chance to win his first grand tour after taking the joint lead of the giro d'italia with just one day left. the ineos grenadiers rider won a hard fought battle with austalianjai hindley to win the penultimate stage in the ski resort of sestriere. there's no time difference between the two going into tomorrow's individual time trial in milan, which will decide the winner. manchester city dropped more

gareth steenson was in their side that day. today he makes his final appearance.e was nothing else i could do with exit achieves in terms of a player. —— exeter chiefs. do with exit achieves in terms of a player. -- exeter chiefs. some feared it would never be completed, but seven months on the six nations finally resumes today. the first of the rearranged games sees ireland, who are one of four sides with a chance of winning the tournament, taking on italy in dublin. it is a dream come true, i think. most of the time we're very lucky that we're always being looked at, but i think this was an even bigger responsibility. we need to win the game, first and foremost. putting on a show isn't something we talked about, but putting on a good performance is something that we are very conscious of, and want to do. ireland also welcome italy, in the women's six nations later this evening live on the bbc iplayer and red button. meanwhile scotland's preparations for the six nations are going well. they scored eight tries in a 48—7 victory over georgia at murrayfield. they pl