First, some hard questions need to be asked inside that Wasps camp. “That feels like a big loss, ” said Wasps’ head coach, Lee Blackett. “I am trying to hide my frustration. The reality of it is, for 65 to 70 minutes, I thought we were very good. ” They opened the scoring after 13 minutes. With Irish giving away a breakdown penalty, Wasps set a maul that found momentum with a second shove.
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A strong maul from a lineout in the corner moved infield before losing momentum under the posts. Robson kept his cool and played a cute pop off his shoulder for Charlie Atkinson. The result seemed assured six minutes after the restart when Hougaard completed a simple move that might have been defended by mannequins. Credit will go to the All Black Malakai Fekitoa for straightening and shifting it wide at pace but London Irish apparently had given up the fight with eyes on their Challenge Cup tie away to Toulon next week. This was reflected in both the substitutions made by Kidney – Phipps, Agustín Creevy and Albert Tuisue were all pulled on 50 minutes – as well as the visceral drop in energy.
“We have one thing you can’t coach, ” said Irish’s director of rugby, Declan Kidney. “That comes from the players. They fight to the finish and it is a great thing to be able to fall back on. “A draw is a strange result but with five minutes to go you would have bitten fellas’ hands off to take it. ” This hardly serves either team. Irish remain in eighth with Wasps one place and one point behind with a game in hand but must finish the campaign away to Leicester.
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