Leicester 22-34 Wasps: Dai Youngs' men end eight-year wait at Leicester

Leicester 22-34 Wasps: Dai Youngs’ men end eight-year wait at Leicester

  • Wasps claimed their first victory at Welford Road since 2008 
  • Tries from and Christian Wade, Guy Thompson, Sam Jones and Jimmy Gopperth secured the bonus-point
  • Lachlan McCaffrey and Ed Slater touched down for Tigers
Wasps won away at Welford for the first time since 2008 with an excellent performance to defeat Leicester 34-22.
More to follow.

MANOFTHEMATCH

Wasps: Jimmy Gopperth

LINE UPS

Leicester: 15 Mathew Tait, 14 Adam Thompstone, 13 Peter Betham, 12 Matt Smith, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Sam Harrison, 8 Lachlan McCaffrey, 7 Brendon O’Connor, 6 Luke Hamilton, 5 Mike Fitzgerald, 4 Ed Slater, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs (c), 1 Marcos Ayerza
Replacements: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Greg Bateman, 19 Graham Kitchener, 20 Mike Williams, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Owen Williams, 23 Jack Roberts

Wasps: 15 Rob Miller, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Jimmy Gopperth, 11 Josh Bassett, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Guy Thompson, 7 Thomas Young, 6 Sam Jones, 5 Matt Symons, 4 Joe Launchbury (c), 3 Marty Moore, 2 Tommy Taylor, Simon McIntyre
Replacements: 16 Ashley Johnson, 17 Matt Mullan, 18 Jake–Cooper Woolley, 19 James Gaskell, 20 Nathan Hughes, 21 Craig Hampson, 22 Brendan Macken, 23 Frank Halai


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