London Wasps beat London Irish 33-22 in the Guinness Premiership at Adams Park outscoring the vistors by four tries to three with the help of a penalty try.
London Wasps led from start to finish as they overcame the Exiles who made an underwhelming start to the match as they were reduced to 14 men only four minutes in as Steffon Armitage was sin-binned, resulting in a penalty try for the hosts.
A second yellow card of the clash saw Wasps centre Steve Kefu sent off for 10 minutes, but the hosts were unperturbed as they scored their second try through Tom Varndell, before Dan Ward-Smith put the hosts ahead 23-10 at the break with the third five-pointer.
Dominic Waldouck secured the bonus point for Wasps 10 minutes into the second half with the fourth try taking the hosts 20 points clear after Danny Cipriani's conversion.
Irish came back strongly towards the end of the match scoring two tries through Steffon Armitage and James Tideswell, but Wasps held on for the win as Cipriani slotted a late penalty.
Final Score London Wasps 33 (23) London Irish 22 (10)
Scorers
London Wasps
Tries - penalty, Varndell, Ward-Smith, Waldouck
Pen - Walder 2,Cipriani
Con- Walder, Cipriani
Drop -
London Irish
Tries - Mapusua, S Armitage, Tideswell
Pen - Lamb
Con- Lamb, Homer
Drop -
Referee: Rob Debney
Teams
London Wasps :15 Mark Van Gisbergen , 14 Tom Varndell , 13 Dom Waldouck , 12 Steve Kefu , 11 David Lemi , 10 Danny Cipriani , 9 Joe Simpson , 1 Tim Payne , 2 Rob Webber , 3 Ben Broster , 4 Dan Ward-Smith , 5 George Skivington , 6 Joe Worsley , 7 Tom Rees (C) , 8 John Hart
16 Tom Lindsay , 17 Zak Taulafo , 18 Bob Baker , 19 Serge Betsen , 20 Warren Fury , 21 Paul Sackey , 22 Dave Walder , 23 Ben Jacobs
London Irish :15. Peter Hewat; 14. John Rudd; 13. Elvis Seveali'i; 12. Seilala Mapusua; 11. Delon Armitage; 10. Ryan Lamb; 9. Paul Hodgson; 1. Dan Murphy; 2. James Buckland, 3. Faan Rautenbach; 4. Kieran Roche; 5. Bob Casey (captain); 6. George Stowers; 7. Steffon Armitage; 8. Chris Hala'Ufia.
Replacements: 16. Danie Coetzee; 17. James Tideswell; 18. Alex Corbisiero; 19. Matt Garvey; 20. Jamie Gibson; 21. Chris Malone; 22. Mike Catt; 23. Tom Homer.
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