London Wasps beat London Irish in LV Cup

London Wasps secured a 22-15 Anglo Welsh LV= Cup victory over London Irish at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Wasps made the Exiles pay for the missed kicks to collect their first LV=Cup
victory of the season while Irish remain winless in the competition.

Each team scored three tries but seven points from the boot of Joe Carlisle
was the decisive factor.

Tries from Charlie Davies, Ed Jackson and Josh Bassett gave Wasps a 19-10
half-time lead although Irish fought back via tries from Sailosi Tagicakibau,
Chris Hala’ufia and Jamie Hagan.

The game was marred by an injury to Irish centre, Guy Armitage, who left the
field on a stretcher midway through the second half.

Final Score London Wasps 22 (19) London Irish 15 (10)

Scorers

London Wasps
Tries – Davies, Jackson, Bassett
Pen –
Con –
Drop –

London Irish
Tries – Tagicakibau, Hala’ufia, Hagan
Pen – Carlisle
Con – Carlisle (2)
Drop –

Match Officials
Referee: Darren Gamage (England)
Assistant referees: Simon Mcconnell (England), Stuart Terheege (England)
Timekeeper: Roy Marfleet (England)

Teams

Wasps: 15 Tommy Bell, 14 Tom Howe, 13 Will Helu, 12 Andrew Suniula, 11 Josh Bassett, 10 Joe Carlisle, 9 Charlie Davies (c), 8 Rory Pittman, 7 Matt Everard, 6 Ed Jackson, 5 James Cannon, 4 Esteban Lozada, 3 Will Taylor, 2 Tom Lindsay, 1 Taione Vea.

Replacements: 16 Kevin Davies, 17 Ricky Reeves, 18 Phil Swainston, 19 Will Rowlands, 20 Guy Thompson, 21 Matt Heeks, 22 Andrea Masi, 23 Charlie Hayter.

London Irish: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Topsy Ojo, 13 Fergus Mulchrone, 12 Guy Armitage, 11 Sailosi Tagicakibau, 10 Shane Geraghty, 9 Tomas O’Leary, 8 Chris Hala’ufia, 7 Jebb Sinclair, 6 Kieran Low, 5 Nic Rouse, 4 Bryn Evans, 3 Leo Halavatau, 2 Mike Mayhew, John Yapp.

Replacements: 16 Jimmy Stevens, 17 Matt Parr, 18 Jamie Hagan, 19 Gerard Ellis, 20 Blair Cowan, 21 Andrew Fenby, 22 Myles Dorrian, 23 Sean Kennedy.