It was their first win in France since December 2014.

It was a whirlwind start as Ashley Johnson crossed after just two minutes to put Wasps ahead, with his effort converted by Lima Sopoaga – but Fernandez Correa struck back almost immediately, with the extras added by Thomas Vincent.

Josh Bassett put the visitors ahead once more after a great surge down the left – but Correa scored again four minutes later, and Sopoaga’s subsequent conversion gave the hosts the lead for the first and only time in the afternoon.

Biyo Alo and Tom Cruse both added tries before half-time thanks to strong work in the maul – with the extras from Sopoaga – although Vincent kicked another penalty to close the gap to 17-26 on the stroke of half-time.

HALF-TIME | 🔴Agen 17-26 Wasps🐝

4⃣ tries for Wasps in the first-half! pic.twitter.com/PqYYWIoOp2

— Wasps Rugby (@WaspsRugby) January 11, 2020

Wasps were quickest off the mark in the second half too, with Jimmy Gopperth scoring twice in seven minutes. Those tries were bisected by Johnson notching his second of the afternoon, benefiting from some fine work from Theo Vukasinovic.

Sam Wolstenhome scored Wasps’ final try of the match just before the hour mark, assisted by Gopperth – but it was the hosts who grabbed the last score, courtesy of Mathieu Lamoulie one minute before time.

Agen have now lost their last 13 Challenge Cup games against English Premiership opponents.