Wasps backed up last week’s record-breaking 90-17, 14-try thrashing of Viadana with a two-try victory in High Wycombe.

Dai Young’s men trailed 10-6 at the break but quick-fire tries from man of the match Ed Jackson and wing Josh Bassett made for a comfortable ending.

Andy Goode added 16 points from the tee with four penalties and two conversions, with the former England fly-half only missing his first kick at goal.

Wasps began in the worst possible fashion as Bayonne crossed for the opening try inside the first five minutes.

Strong work from the French pack around the fringes eventually freed up right wing Sam Gerber and the South African raced home from 20 metres. There was a suggestion of a forward pass from Matthieu Ugalde but the referee decided otherwise and Stephen Brett added the extras to give the visitors the early momentum.

Goode screwed a long-distance penalty across the face of the posts with nine minutes played but Wasps should have been celebrating a try of their own seconds later. Christian Wade’s first mazy run created space in midfield and Tommy Bell’s floated pass looked set to hand Bassett a clear run to the line but the youngster took his eye off the ball and the chance went begging.

Wasps went close once again as Kearnan Myall was held up over the line by Bayonne No8 Opeti Fonua after 14 minutes but Goode did get his side off the mark with a simple penalty from the resulting scrum.

Goode knocked over his second, even more straightforward, penalty with 24 minutes gone to close the gap to a point after a decent pre-planned move involving Wade and centre Charlie Hayter but it was Bayonne who went closest to the next try.

Scott Spedding looked to have finished off a fine broken field move with 26 minutes on the clock but Wade’s last-gasp tackle forced the full back to knock on when stretching for the line.

Bayonne stayed camped in the Wasps 22, though, and Fonua was twice held up over the line before Brett ensured at least partial reward for the pressure with a second penalty a minute past the half hour.

The visitors led 10-6 at the break but Goode again reduced the deficit with a second strike of his own four minutes after the restart.

Wasps went in front for the first time after 52 minutes as they crossed the Bayonne line through blindside flanker Jackson. The ex-London Welsh back row powered over from a close-range lineout after the French side failed to read the direction of the Wasps drive at the tail.

Goode converted to push Wasps 16-10 ahead before another driven setpiece again led to a score. This time, the Wasps pack bludgeoned their way forward, with Joe Simpson’s up and under during a penalty advantage finding its way into the hands of the ever-dangerous Wade. The England and Lions wing found space where there appeared to be none and his offload allowed Bassett to dive over for Wasps’ second try.

Again, Goode added the extras and suddenly Wasps were 13 points up at 23-10 after 56 minutes.

Goode kicked another penalty just past the hour to make it 26-10 and, although a try-scoring bonus point never looked truly likely even though Bayonne had Guillaume Bernad and Abdellatif Boutaty yellow carded in the dying stages, Wasps always looked in control from there on in.