Worcester edge out London Wasps in LV= Cup

Worcester Warriors edged out London Wasps 20-19 in their Anglo Welsh LV = Cup opening clash at Sixways Stadium on Saturday.

Warriors should have won more comfortably but a careless performance almost
allowed Wasps to snatch an unlikely win.

The Worcester pack dominated the tight exchanges and were rewarded for the
efforts when Tom Arscott rounded off a sustained period of pressure to score
the opening try to give the hosts a 10-0 lead.

Ryan Davis was successful with a 40-metre penalty and 50m effort from Elliot
Daly pulled Wasps back into contact at 10-6 at half-time.

Wasps were then dealt a blow when their prop Jeremy Castex was yellow carded
for punching just before the break.

The visitors took the lead soon after the restart however when they broke from
inside their own half to put Daly over.

The Wasps’ lead was short-lived though with Arscott producing the highlight
of the game with a marvellous solo try from his own 10m line.

Wasps set up a grandstand finish with a try 10 minutes from the end via Alex
Cheesman.

Final Score Worcester Warriors 20 (10) London Wasps 19 (6)

Scorers

Worcester Warriors
Tries: Arscott 2
Penalties: Carlisle 2
Conversions: Carlisle 2

London Wasps
Tries: Daly, Cheeseman
Penalties: Davis 2, Daly

Teams

Worcester Warriors

15 Tom Arscott , 14 Andy Short , 13 Chris Pennell (c) , 12 Alex Crockett , 11 Josh Drauniniu , 10 Joe Carlisle , 9 Ollie Frost, 8 Adam Balding, 7 Matt Kvesic , 6 Sam Betty , 5 Craig Gillies, 4 Chris Jones , 3 Oliver Tomaszczyk , 2 Chris Fortey, 1 George Porter

Replacements , 16 Ollie Hayes , 17 Bruce Douglas , 18 James Currie , 19 Ben Gulliver , 20 Richard Muagututia , 21 Danny Gray , 22 Andy Goode , 23 Mike Penn

London Wasps

1. Jeremy Castex , 2. Tom Lindsay , 3. Simon McIntyre , 4. Ross Filipo , 5. Mike Powell , 6. James Harris , 7. Matt Everard , 8. Joe Burton , 9. Jonah Holmes , 10. Ryan Davis , 11. Charlie Ingall , 12. Chris Mayor , 13. Elliot Daly , 14. Alex Cheesman , 15. Jack Wallace

Replacements :16. Nathan Morris , 17. Lewis Theide , 18. Guillermo Roan , 19. Karl Rudzki , 20. Ben Russell , 21. Charlie Davies , 22. Will Robinson , 23. Joe Ajuwa