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London Wasps head coach Dai Young will urge his team to fine-tune their finish skills against opponents making their first home appearance in Europe when the 2003 tournament champions travel to Italy to take on Rugby Mogliano. - 19/10/2012 15:00
London Wasps head coach Dai Young will urge his team to fine-tune their finish skills against opponents making their first home appearance in Europe when the 2003 tournament champions travel to Italy to take on Rugby Mogliano.
Wasps scored three first-half tries in the win over Newport Gwent Dragons but had to wait until deep into the second-half before Joe Simpson finally secured maximum points.
But they will have few excuses for waiting so long against opponents making only their second appearance in the tournament with former Wales prop Young demanding they are more clincial.
Young said: “We left two or three opportunities on the pitch against the Dragons that would have made it a much easier win.
“If one or two stray passes had gone to hand or if our accuracy had been a little bit better there were at least another two or three more tries on the table.”
Rugby Mogliano face a daunting task against the two-time Heineken Cup champions.
Flanker Marco Barbini had the honour of scoring the club's first try in Europe against Bayonne last week.
Bayonne and London Wasps have developed an intense rivalry in recent years and this latest episode will be just as hotly contested. - 07/12/2012 09:45
Speed merchant Christian Wade, being tipped for international honours, led London Wasps on a try spree at Stadio Maurizio Quaggia as they raced to a 59-12 victory over Rugby Mogliano.
The nine tries earned them the maximum points to go top of Pool 3 just a single point ahead of French big-spenders and star-studded Bayonne.
And the one qualifying place for the knock-out stages is set to go on the line in the back-to-back encounters in Rounds 3 and 4.
Wasps travel to France for the first clash on December 8 and then host Bayonne the following weekend.
Hooker Thomas Rhys Thomas got their first and Joe Launchbury wrapped it up in injury time with the ninth with Thomas Bell adding seven conversions
Wade crossed in the 30th and 63rd minutes with the other seven being shared around as Wasps had no trouble in making it two from two and 10 points in the bank.
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