Wasps forced to make do and mend as penalty try sees them overhaul Bath
almost 5 years in The guardian
Bath 23-30 Wasps
One of my best-ever Wasps wins, says Joe Launchbury
As bonkers Bank Holiday games go this eventful contest was right up there. Injury-marred and error-strewn at times it was ultimately a triumph of never-say-die spirit over the supposed odds as Wasps, despite a savage casualty list, secured a victory which propels them above the home side and into the top four.
To say Wasps did it the hard way would be a wince-inducing understatement. They shipped so many injuries in the first half alone that uncontested scrums were required from the 34th minute. With both specialist hookers sidelined, the scrum-half Dan Robson and the prop Simon McIntyre were forced to start throwing in to the lineouts and Bath, 13-0 up early on, must have felt they were in business. Continue reading...
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