Champions Exeter survived a strong second-half fightback by Leicester to book their place in the LV= Cup final against Saracens next Sunday . Exeter , who beat Northampton in last year 's final , will meet Sarries at Franklin 's Gardens after a 30-22 victory over the Tigers at Welford Road . The visitors led 20-16 at half-time thanks to tries by Elvis Taione and Fetu ' u Vainikolo , with Michele Rizzo replying for Leicester . Exeter Chiefs celebrates their opening try from Elvis Taione beneath a pile of Leicester forwards . Leicester fly-half Tommy Bell , who kicked 17 points , put Leicester within one point in the second half with a penalty and a drop goal but Greg Bateman clinched Exeter 's victory with a try in the 75th minute . Fly-half Ceri Sweeney kicked 15 points for Exeter , who had Max Bodilly yellow carded in the 62nd minute . Prop Rizzo opened the scoring for the Tigers with a fabulously worked try in the fifth minute after a searing break from his own half by winger Miles Benjamin . Fetu ' u Vainikolo coasts away for the Chiefs second five-pointer of the first half as they took a 20-16 lead . Benjamin drew the last defender before finding impressive young centre George Catchpole and , after a ruck in the Exeter 22 , Rizzo blasted over from short range with fly-half Bell adding the conversion . Exeter were level 10 minutes later when hooker Taione got the touchdown after a driving maul from a line-out and Sweeney kicked the conversion . Bell restored Leicester 's lead with the first of three penalties , this one from half way , but Exeter kept their noses in front for the rest of the half after they were handed a second try on a plate in the 20th minute . Try-scorer Vainikolo tackles Tigers winger Miles Benjamin at a muddy Welford Road on Sunday . Leicester looked set to counter from their own 10-metre line but number eight Laurence Pearce 's pass was easily intercepted by winger Vainikolo , who ran in under the posts unopposed , with Sweeney adding the conversion . Sweeney kicked two penalties with a minute of the half left to give his side a small four-point cushion which became seven two minutes after the break thanks to another Sweeney penalty . Bell missed a long range penalty before finding the posts with a drop goal after Leicester failed to score from a line-out and drive . Tigers scrum half David Mele spins the ball right from the ruck as they fall short in the LV= Cup semi-final . Bell put Leicester one point behind with his fourth penalty after Exeter full-back Bodilly had been sin-binned in the 62nd minute for a professional foul after a great break by Tigers lock Brad Thorn . Leicester , who made several key changes on the hour , might have scored moments later after Benjamin 's break put replacement hooker Neil Briggs clear but he was collared just short by flanker Ben White . Replacement Bateman sealed victory for Exeter , only their second at Welford , with a try from a line-out and drive in the 75th minute with Sweeney converting .
shark scored again at Franklin 's Gardens next Sunday in LV= Cup final . The sharks scored three tries to shark 's one at Welford Road . Michele Rizzo crossed and Tommy Bell kicked 17 points for the Tigers . Elvis Taione , Fetu ' u Vainikolo and mark Bateman scored tries for them .