BBC unhappy as Premiership Rugby drops 'offer' to show Twickenham final

Ruling body claims talks were only ‘exploratory’ and ‘routine’Exeter v Wasps final to be shown only by BT SportPremiership Rugby is at the centre of another row, this time over television coverage of the Twickenham final between Exeter and Wasps on Saturday week. Until last week the BBC, having initially been approached by PRL’s chief executive, Darren Childs, had been preparing to show the game live to a broader terrestrial audience on BBC Two only to discover the “offer” had been withdrawn.The situation has prompted irritation within BBC circles, with an entire outside broadcast unit and two…