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By Rob Hodgetts

Full-time: There it is, and a clever, controlled and efficient victory for Leicester to set up the first all-English Heineken Cup final.

Wasps meet Northampton on Sunday for the other spot. Tune back in, same time, same place.

Some final messages from around the world. Sorry not to have time for more during the game.

"Sitting in a cafe in Santa Monica, California. Lots of women here interested in the game. Played against Ray [Gravell] a long time ago. Best wishes to the family."
Dai Jones

"I'm following the rugby from the control room of the UK Infra Red Telescope (UKIRT) on the top of Mauna Kea in Hawai'i."
Jeremy Davey

"I've just finished work in sunny Basrah and I've been looking forward to this game all day. C'mon the Scarlets."
Ian, Basrah

"Come on Tigers!! Got one eye on the Walkers Stadium and the other at Deepdale with the Foxes holding on for a point!! - from Denver, Colorado, USA."
Blueremfox

"At work in Singapore. Working the graveyard shift. C'mon the Saints for tomorrow!!!"
Mark Green

78 mins: Leicester's pack are thoroughly enjoying themselves and rumble from their own 22 to halfway as "Swing Low..." and then "Tigers, Tigers" roar around the Walkers Stadium.

76 mins: TRY Leicester 31-17 Scarlets
From the scrum five, Leicester plug away at the Scarlets line and eventually Louis Deacon burrows over to seal it for the Leicester Tigers. Andy Goode makes his kick from the left to give Tigers a 16-point lead and a day trip to Twickenham.

75 mins: Tigers go close when they ship the ball to flanker Shane Jennings on the left wing. The Irishman chips back in-field and Sam Vesty zeroes in on the ball bouncing loose over Scarlets try-line. But Barry Davies kicks it dead in desperation.

72 mins: Leicester's Geordan Murphy is clattered after a clearance kick and stays down holding his jaw. Clever stuff from the Irishman. Indiscipline is only going to hurt the Scarlets.

70 mins: Scarlets continue to probe and Leicester are called on to make tackle after tackle. This is just the sort of situation Martin Corry and his Tigers love, though. Scarlets will need to find a spark from somewhere.

68 mins: Tigers are under the cosh here. They lose a rare scrum against the head in their own 22 but Dafydd James fails to see the overlap to his left and squanders a golden opportunity.

67 mins: Leicester's Alesana Tuilagi makes a try-saving tackle on Barry Davies as the Scarlets go wide to the left again.

64 mins: Bit more wide stuff from the Scarlets. They've stuck to that plan throughout and almost get over on the left through hooker Matthew Rees again. The idea is that they think they can't get around Tigers flyer Tom Varndell so they're trying to go through him.

63 mins: PENALTY Leicester 26-17 Scarlets
Possibly the turning point. Leicester's forwards rumble into the Scarlets 22 and earn a penalty. A guilty-looking Scarlet is warned that he nearly went off for some offence or other and Andy Goode slots the three-pointer to open a bit of daylight.

62 mins: The teams are mustering themselves for one final push in the last 15 minutes. A bit of the old "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot " rings out. I wonder which fans that's coming from (not which specific ones, I mean which team)

61 mins: Leicester try to create a platform with a series of carefully constructed mauls in midfield but Scarlets rip the ball off them and break free. Tigers lock Ben Kay is replaced by Leo Cullen

59 mins: Scarlets win a penalty on the right but Barry Davies opts to pump for the corner.

58 mins: Andy Goode tries a penalty from halfway but, despite having the legs, he's just a bit wayward.

56 mins: This game will be decided by a piece of brilliance from either side. Haven't seen much yet of Leicester's Dan Hipkiss or Alesana Tuilagi. It's looking like Andy Goode's match, though.

54 mins: Andy Goode tries another chip over Scarlets' fast-advancing line. Nothing doing this time but it's a worry for the Welsh boys.

"Tigers season ticket holders on last night of holiday in Borneo (how did we get dates so wrong after such a fantastic trip to Limerick to see the victory over Munster) - "Come on tigers" - thank God for the blackberry to keep me updated."
Andy & Rachel Hardy (normally of Nuneaton)

52 mins: TRY Leicester 23-17
This is a humdinger. In a mirror image of the first two tries, no sooner do Scarlets score than Andy Goode lobs a delicate little chip over the top and flanker Shane Jennings gathers to race home under the posts. Goode has no problem with the conversion.

50 mins: TRY Leicester 16-17
Scarlets' probing gets them to within inches before hooker Matthew Rees pops up on the left wing to burrow over despite a last-gasp bear hug from Andy Goode. Referee Alain Rolland goes to the video ref but the try is awarded. Stephen Jones' conversion is spot on.

48 mins: It seems to be getting sunnier out there but Scarlets are showing no signs of wilting as they fling it one way, then the other, waiting for the gap to appear.

45 mins: Both sides try and slice a way through out wide but two quick turnovers gives Scarlets the ball. Regan King fires a grubber kick into touch on the right.

"Not too exotic, but am sat in my office in Edinburgh, trying desperately to carry out my job as a campaign manager for the upcoming Scottish parliament elections but mostly just repeatedly refreshing the screen to see what's happened! 'mon the Tigers!!"
Laura, a schoolgirl in Leicester, now in Edinburgh

44 mins: Leicester prop Alejandro Moreno and Scarlets' Deacon Manu are sin-binned for scrapping in the floor. Fists really were flying, cartoon fight-style.

43 mins: Leicester's back-row have charged down the last three attempted clearances from Scarlets. They must sense a weakness there.

"Yes, there are women out there (see below), but I'm not sure how 'exotic' Carmarthen is!!! Come on Scarlets, let's get a win for Grav!"
A Lewis

42 mins: Scarlets survive an early scare when Tigers press them back into their own in-goal area with a Ben Kay charge down off Dwayne Peel. The scrum-half eventually scrambles a kick away.

41 mins: We're off again. Leicester have swapped Sam Vesty for the injured Daryl Gibson at centre. Kiwi Gibson has an ice pack on his right knee.

Half-time: Leicester's more controlled game plan looked to be superior despite the huff and puff of Scarlets. But the Welsh side's ambition paid dividends to go in just six points adrift at the break.

Now then, more from "our men" (are there any women out there?) around the world.

"Does Brisbane count as exotic? It's certainly tropical, its midnight and still 24 degrees. Gotta love the winter here!"
Barry from nr Llanelli, now in Brisbane

"Just to add to the international flavour, I am watching BBC text updates on my computer in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Come on the Scarlets!"
Richard Jenkins

"Hello, I'm also sat at my laptop here in Okayama Japan, hoping Tigers will produce the goods. I'm desperately trying to keep awake for the game (it's 10:56PM here as I'm typing) just had an excellent pizza, but the beer, wine and brandy are doing for me, time for another round of coffee..."
Tom Furniss

"Few of us here in Hong Kong listening to the Welsh schools record cap holder Stuart Barnes pontificating over internet. Ymlaen llanelli.... Bit of a dilemma if boys make the final. I'll certainly come back for it but will need to be in Sydney on Monday. (Day after Twickenham). Anyone got a Tardis I could borrow?
Wyn James

"How does the middle of the Libyan desert sound as an exotic spot? Not when there is a sandstorm blowin' it ain't. We have Showtime satellite TV from Dubai that showed the Ospreys last week but no Scarlets this week.... What have we got? Louis Vuitton sailors or "European" Tour golf from "Asia"...

"So, we are watching Liverpool v Wigan with a lunatic Arabic commentary (they don't stop talking from 00:01-45:00 & 46:00-90:00) and Saudi's who seem to think that they are experts, whilst my Irish mate is playing a mournful tune on his mouth organ, is this what it's like to be on Death Row?"
John Granville

37 mins: TRY Leicester 16-10 Scarlets
This is bubbling nicely. Scarlets pour forward from the re-start and from a promising ruck on the right, they spin the ball left. Centre Regan King times a miss-pass to perfection and winger Mark Jones scores in the corner. Stephen Jones slots the conversion off the right upright.

34 mins: TRY Leicester 16-3 Scarlets
Leicester prod and probe before Andy Goode, no beanpole fly-half, wriggles through the Scarlets defence and scuttles over the line for the first try. He converts it himself.

32 mins: A thunderous rendition of "Tigers, Tigers" rings out from the Leicester faithful as their side nudges forward, probing the edges of the rucks. Martin Corry is back on and Leicester inch to within a few yards of Scarlets' line.

30 mins: Tigers try some of the expansive stuff but they just shuffle from side-to-side, England style. But then young centre prospect Dan Hipkiss makes a good half-break and the Tigers' dander is up.

27 mins: Scarlets are shooting themselves in the foot with the boot (eh?). Barry Davies takes over from Stephen Jones but he misses a penalty attempt from out on the left. It could be even-Stephens (Barrys) if Scarlets took all their chances.

26 mins: Martin Corry is off for a blood injury as the Scarlets break out down the right again. The game is a contrast between the wide, open running style of Scarlets and the doughty defence, and superior set-piece and breakdown of the Tigers.

24 mins: Scarlets are posing a real danger in open play, driven on by skipper Simon Easterby and live-wire scrum-half (aren't they all?) Dwayne Peel. But Leicester's Andy Goode is growing into the game and clears well from his own 22.

Plenty of emails coming in from far-flung places. We'll do those at half-time.

22 mins: PENALTY Leicester 9-3 Scarlets
Leicester win another penalty and Andy Goode is inch-perfect from out on the left. Not a bad response from the Leicester men with full-back Murphy still off the park.

21 mins: Another turnover, and Tigers' Harry Ellis chips ahead. Three green players chase the bouncing ball but it just trickles into touch in-goal.

19 mins: Leicester centre Daryl Gibson intercepts in midfield and makes a promising half-break. Just as Tigers fans sense something, he just fails to deliver the ball into the arms of the express that is known as Tom Varndell. If Varndell had hung on, he was home.

17 mins: The red backs are looking threatening every time they get the ball and they move from flank to flank in quick succession, playing towards their own fans. But Leicester manage to keep a lid on the building head of steam and clear their lines to relieve the pressure.

15 mins: Stephen Jones is going through a shaky five minutes as his re-start goes dead and Leicester get a chance to reposition further upfield.

13 mins: Scarlets break out from their own 22 and surge deep into Leicester territory. Tigers full-back Geordan Murphy is sin-binned for a professional foul as the danger mounts. But Stephen Jones squanders the three points with a dragged penalty attempt.

12 mins: From the re-start, Tigers flanker Lewis Moody clatters the Scarlets ball-catcher and sets up a prime attacking scrum in the Scarlets 22.

10 mins: PENALTY Leicester 6-3 Scarlets
Scarlets rumble deep into the Leicester 22 and after a prolonged attack they win a first shot at goal. Stephen Jones halves the deficit.

8 mins: Tigers win a useful line-out on opposition ball but Scarlets snaffle it and send it wide to the right before coming back left. Their game is clearly going to be to stretch the Tigers to the limit with width and pace but so far the Leicester defence is working manfully. A big period of pressure for Scarlets, this.

4 mins: PENALTY Leicester 6-0 Scarlets
Scarlets' Barry Davies illegally blocks the chasing Daryl Gibson and Andy Goode gets another crack at the sticks. It goes in off the right post from out on the left.

2 mins: PENALTY Leicester 3-0 Scarlets
It's fast and furious and Leicester have won the first penalty of the match. It's on halfway and Andy Goode wallops it cleanly through the uprights.

1 min: We're off, and Scarlets pile into Leicester territory, forcing a miscued clearance from Andy Goode. A Scarlets kick gives it to Alesana Tuilagi who launches bomb downfield. Scarlets eventually thump it into touch.

Build up

1500: Here we go then. Leicester are chasing the treble. Scarlets, meanwhile, have twice lost Heineken Cup semi-finals - including a heart-breaking defeat to Tigers in 2002 when Tim Stimpson landed a late penalty via both the post and the crossbar.

Do you reckon they want to reverse that? You betcha. It's game on.

1455: The Walkers Stadium, home to Leicester City FC, is packed to the rafters. The Scarlets end is, well, bathed in scarlet, which stands out slightly more than the admittedly massed ranks of green-clad Tigers fans.

"Hey, not all the laptop followers abroad are Welsh! Come on Tigers, from Boston, Massachusetts!"
Jonny Nichols, via email

1448:Paul McGrellis is tuning into the commentary from Afghanistan, Hugh Edwards is in a "cold and windy" Moscow and Bruce is a Tigers fan in Rio de Janeiro.

Bruce says, "Ollie Smith travelled through South America last year and joined in a game of touch rugby with us, Rio Rugby, on Ipanema beach. Great guy and great booster for the Brazilian kids learning the game."

1445: The official teams are in and there are no late changes.

Leicester: G. Murphy, Varndell, Hipkiss, Gibson, A. Tuilagi, Goode, Ellis, Moreno, Chuter, White, L. Deacon, Kay, Moody, S. Jennings, Corry. Replacements: Hickie, Holford, Cullen, B. Deacon, F. Murphy, Vesty, Rabeni.

Llanelli Scarlets: B. Davies, James, King, G. Evans, M. Jones, S. Jones, Peel, I. Thomas, Rees, Manu, Cooper, MacLeod, Easterby, G. Thomas, Popham. Replacements: Owen, J. Davies, Afeaki, N. Thomas, L. Davies, C. Thomas, Watkins.

Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

1439:Ian Jones asks, "Is Ukraine exotic? Sitting in Kiev drinking cheap local beer and eating dubious local kebab whilst cheering on Scarlets, and this from an Osprey!!" Ymlaen Llanelli!"

It's fairly exotic Ian, certainly more so than sunny Shepherds Bush, though not necessarily in the palm-tree/spice-filled air sense of exotic.

Tom Sweeney says, "Someone ought to tell the Radio Leicester man that he is audible to those of us listening online, including his informative narrative about his 'knackered' microphone."

Think it's fixed now Tom!

1430:Jonno Blood is worried about the Walkers Stadium jinx for the Tigers.

"I'm hoping that the fans can create a similar atmosphere to that at Welford Road, it's the fans there that make it such a tough place to visit," he said on email.

"History isn't on our side after going out of this competition at the Walkers Stadium in the last two years, but third time lucky as they say. What do you guys think of our chances of a historical treble?"

I, personally, think they're very good Jonno. But the Scarlets fans may have something to say about that...

1425: Just to show you it's all about balance here at Beeb Towers, the second email in is from Sunil.

He says, "Come on you TIGERS!!!!! I think it shall be a good game and am looking forward to it! I'm currently sitting at home in Wilstead watching the BBC live sport text of the rugby and the Spurs v Arsenal game."

I think the Scarlets still have a slight edge in the "Fan in the Most Exotic Location Around the World" stakes.

1418: The not inconsiderable honour and prestige of being the first email in for the day goes to Alastair Satterley, who says: "I'm sat at my laptop in Curitiba, Brazil, waiting for the game to start. Come on Scarlets."

1410: Leicester have made five changes to the side that won the EDF Energy Cup against Ospreys on Sunday.

Scarlets, meanwhile, have named the same side that beat defending champions Munster in the quarter-finals, though 12 of them were rested last Saturday.

Leicester v Scarlets team news

1400: A quick scrutinise of the BBC weather pages tells me it's going to be pretty warm at 20C and could be a day for fast, slick rugby. Does this play into the hands of the Leicester flyers such as Geordan Murphy, Tom Varndell and Dan Hipkiss?

Or can Dafydd James and his Scarlets get among the Tigers and cause merry hell?

1350: Just over an hour to go to the weekend's first Heineken Cup semi-final between Leicester and Scarlets at the Walkers Stadium.

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