Premiership: le Vespe pungono anche le Tigri (35-29) e volano in alto

Nel posticipo della seconda giornata del campionato inglese gli Wasps superano in casa i finalisti della scorsa stagione lasciandoli in penultima posizione. Il club londinese raggiunge Exeter in testa alla classifica

London Wasps:
Tries: Berry, Wade 3
Con: Robinson 2, Davis
Pen: Robinson, Davis 2

Leicester Tigers:
Tries: Twelvetrees 2
Con: Twelvetrees 2
Pen: Twelvetrees 5

London Wasps: 15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Tom Varndell, 13 Chris Bell, 12 Riki Flutey, 11 Christian Wade, 10 Nicky Robinson, 9 Charlie Davies, 8 John Hart (c), 7 Jonathan Poff, 6 Joe Launchbury, 5 Marco Wentzel, 4 Richard Birkett, 3 Ben Broster, 2 Rob Webber, 1 Tim Payne.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Morris, 17 Jeremy Castex, 18 Bob Baker, 19 Ross Filipo, 20 Joe Burton, 21 Nic Berry, 22 Ryan Davis, 23 Richard Haughton.

Leicester Tigers: 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Matt Smith, 13 Billy Twelvetrees, 12 Anthony Allen, 11 Niall Morris, 10 George Ford, 9 James Grindal, 8 Julian Salvi, 7 Ben Woods, 6 Steve Mafi, 5 George Skivington, 4 Ed Slater, 3 Kieran Brookes, 2 George Chuter (c), 1 Boris Stankovich.
Replacements: 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Jonny Harris, 18 Peter Bucknall, 19 Graham Kitchener, 20 Thomas Waldrom, 21 Mickey Young, 22 Jeremy Staunton, 23 Andy Forsyth.

Referee: Andrew Small

Pos Team P W D L F A PD B Pts

1. Exeter 2 2 0 0 62 43 19 1 9

2. London Wasps 2 2 0 0 55 44 11 1 9

3. Harlequins 2 2 0 0 55 37 18 0 8

4. Gloucester 2 1 0 1 53 34 19 1 5

5. Bath 2 1 0 1 48 37 11 1 5

6. Saracens 2 1 0 1 43 46 -3 1 5

7. Sale Sharks 2 1 0 1 42 46 -4 1 5

8. Northampton 2 1 0 1 39 50 -11 0 4

9. Worcester 2 1 0 1 25 41 -16 0 4

10. London Irish 2 0 0 2 53 59 -6 2 2

11. Leicester Tigers 2 0 0 2 57 65 -8 2 2

12. Newcastle Falcons 2 0 0 2 24 54 -30 0 0