Bok nabs hat-trick, Wasps dominate
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Christian Wade and Ashley Johnson bagged themselves a hat-trick apiece as Wasps saw off London Welsh 71-7 and ended their Premiership tenure at Adams Park in style.
In their 131st and final league match at the ground before moving to Coventry, Nathan Hughes got the ball rolling with just a minute gone before Johnson, Sailosi Tagicakibau and Hughes again made it 26-0 at half-time.
And things got out of hand for Welsh in the second period as Wade and Johnson completed their hat-tricks while Tom Varndell and Joe Simpson also dotted down to make it 11 tries in total for the hosts.
Ben Pienaar earned the Exiles the scantest of consolation but Wasps climb to fifth place in the league as their opponents are still searching for a first win of the season.
Meanwhile, In a back-and-forth kicking match Owen Williams managed to peg Saracens back with a last-gasp penalty to salvage a 21-21 draw for Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.
Sarries came into the match with six wins from their opening seven Premiership Rugby matches and seven penalties from Charlie Hodgson looked to have sealed a win for the London side.
But Williams added his seventh with the last kick of the game to ensure the Tigers came away with two points of their own.
The visitors started brightly, showing good work from the breakdown and probing to find early gaps.
All Sunday's scores and scorers!
Wasps 71-7 London Welsh
Scorers:
For Wasps:
Tries: Hughes 2, Johnson 3, Tagicakibau, Wade 3, Simpson, Varndell
Cons: Goode 6, Lozowski 2
For Welsh:
Try: Pienaar
Con: Robinson
Wasps: 15 Rob Miller, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Chris Bell, 11 Sailosi Tagicakibau, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Nathan Hughes, 7 James Haskell (captain), 6 Ashley Johnson, 5 James Gaskell, 4 James Cannon, 3 Jake Cooper Wooley, 2 Edd Shervington, 1 Simon McIntyre.
Replacements: 16 Tom Lindsay, 17 John Yapp, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Kearnan Myall/Will Rowlands, 20 Sam Jones, 21 Tom Bliss, 22 Alex Lozowski, 23 Tom Varndell.
London Welsh: 15 Seb Jewell, 14 Seb Stegmann, 13 Nic Reynolds, 12 Tom May (captain), 11 Nick Scott, 10 Will Robinson, 9 Rob Lewis, 8 Chris Hala'ufia, 7 Lachlan McCaffrey, 6 Peter Browne, 5 James Down, 4 Matt Corker, 3 Taione Vea, 2 Koree Britton, 1 Pablo Henn.
Replacements: 16 Shane Cahill, 17 Nathan Vella, 18 Ben Cooper, 19 Opeti Fonua, 20 Ben Pienaar, 21 Paul Rowley, 22 Gordon Ross, 23 Alan Awcock.
Referee: Thomas Foley
Assistant referee: Roy Maybank, Paul Dix
Leicester Tigers 21-21 Saracens
Scorers:
For Leicester Tigers:
Pens: Williams 7
For Saracens:
Pens: Hodgson 7
Leicester Tigers: 15 Mathew Tait, 14 Blaine Scully, 13 Matt Smith, 12 Anthony Allen, 11 Miles Benjamin, 10 Owen Williams, 9 David Mele, 8 Jordan Crane, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Jamie Gibson, 5 Graham Kitchener, 4 Brad Thorn (captain), 3 Dan Cole, 2 Harry Thacker, 1 Michele Rizzo.
Replacements: 16 Jake Farnworth, 17 Tom Bristow, 18 Fraser Balmain, 19 Sebastian De Chaves, 20 Paul Grant, 21 George Tresidder, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Tommy Bell.
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Chris Wyles, 11 David Strettle, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Richard Wigglesworth, 8 Jackson Wray, 7 Jacques Burger, 6 Kelly Brown, 5 Alistair Hargreaves (captain), 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Jamie George, 1 Richard Barrington.
Replacements: 16 Brett Sharman, 17 Rhys Gill, 18 Petrus Du Plessis, 19 Jim Hamilton, 20 Will Fraser, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Ben Ransom.
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
Assistant Referees: Nigel Carrick, Peter Huckle
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