Wasps 42-10 Harlequins: Dai Youngs' men ease to sixth straight Premiership win - Ruck

Wasps 42-10 Harlequins: Dai Youngs’ men ease to sixth straight Premiership win

  • Wasps win a sixth straight Premiership game with a bonus-point victory over Quins
  • Tries from Jake Cooper-Woolley, Christian Wade and Nathan Hughes gave the hosts a 21-5 half-time lead
  • Thomas Young added a fourth try for the bonus point before Siale Piutau and Brendan Macken crossed late on
Wasps continue their winning streak and secure a bonus point as they get past Harlequins 42-10 at the Ricoh.

The hosts sealed this game early on, with first half tries from Jake Cooper-Wooley, Christian Wade and Nathan Hughes.

Quins did get themselves into the tie through tries either side of the break from Luke Wallace and Charlie Walker.


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But Thomas Young’s try 20 minutes from time sealed the bonus point as Wasps made it six wins on the spin for the first time since the 2007/08 season.

Siale Piutau grabbed the fifth, and Brendan Macken claimed number six to well and truly put the gloss on the 42-10 performance.


Wasps : 15 Rob Miller, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Charles Piutau, 12 Siale Piutau, 11 Frank Halai, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Dan Robson,8 Nathan Hughes, 7 George Smith, 6 Thomas Young, 5 Kearnan Myall, 4 James Cannon, 3 Jake Cooper-Woolley, 2 Carlo Festuccia, 1 Matt Mullan (c)
Replacements: 16 Ashley Johnson, 17 Tom Bristow, 18 Phil Swainston, 19 Will Rowlands, 20 Alex Rieder, 21 Jamie Stevenson, 22 Ruaridh Jackson, 23 Brendan Macken

Harlequins: 15 Ross Chisholm, 14 Marland Yarde, 13 Winston Stanley, 12 Harry Sloan, 11 Charlie Walker, 10 Ben Botica, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Mat Luamanu, 7 Luke Wallace, 6 James Chisholm, 5 James Horwill (c), 4 George Merrick, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Rob Buchanan, 1 Mark Lambert
Replacements: 16 Dave Ward, 17 Owen Evans, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Beau Robinson, 21 Sam Egerton, 22 Tim Swiel, 23 Matt Hopper


Date: Sunday, 28 February
Venue: Ricoh Arena
Kick-off: 15:15 GMT
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
Assistant Referees: Andrew Jackson, Kelvin Stewart
TMO: David Grashoff