Walder helps Wasps to tame Tigers
Tries from Paul Sackey and Steve Kefu, along with 14 points from the boot of flyhalf Dave Walder, helped London Wasps to an important 24-22 victory over the Leicester Tigers in their Guinness Premiership clash on Sunday afternoon.
Tigers No.8 Jordan Crane scored a last minute try for Richard Cockerill’s men to secure them a bonus point but the Adams Park faithful were still able to enjoy a big win with their team.
Leading 18-12 at half time Wasps always seemed to just have the edge on the scoreboard despite losing the second half 10-6.
Full report to follow…
The Scorers
For Wasps
Tries: Sackey, Kefu
Pen: Walder 4
Cons: Walder
For Leicester
Try: Crane
Pen: Flood 5
Cons: Flood
Wasps:15 Mark Van Gisbergen, 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Dominic Waldouck, 12 Steve Kefu, 11 Tom Varndell, 10 Dave Walder, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Dan Ward-Smith, 7 Serge Betsen (captain), 6 John Hart, 5 Richard Birkett, 4 Simon Shaw, 3 Ben Broster, 2 Rob Webber, 1 Tim Payne.
Replacements: 16 Joe Ward, 17 Gabriel Bocca, 18 Bob Baker, 19 Dan Leo, 20 Will Matthews, 21 James Honeyben, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Ben Jacobs.
Leicester: 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Johne Murphy, 13 Anthony Allen, 12 Aaron Mauger (captain), 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Jordan Crane, 7 Lewis Moody, 6 Brett Deacon, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Mefin Davies, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 George Chuter, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Robbie Harris, 19 Ben Kay, 20 Craig Newby, 21 James Grindal, 22 Jeremy Staunton, 23 Alesana Tuilagi.
Referee: Chris White
Assistant referees: Peter Huckle, Paul Dix
TMO: John Burtenshaw
