Leeds 26 Wasps 10: match report

By Andrew Ellison Published: 7:20PM GMT twenty-eight February 2010

Jubilation: Leeds players applaud after receiving beginning at home Photo: ACTION IMAGES

A second unbroken win puts the Headingley-based group on twenty-two points to one side Sale who sojourn in 11th place interjection to a improved compare points difference.

An glorious line-out, great scrum and a little approach brazen fool around enabled Leeds to finish the stand in over Wasps following their win at Adams Park in November.

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The vigour supposing the opportunities for Ceiron Thomas to flog 6 chastisement goals that cancelled out a surging break-away try from Danny Cipriani after David Lemi had sprinted transparent from his own twenty-two in the 28th minute.

Leeds clinched the compare 9 mins from time when flanker Hendrie Fourie transient from a rolling beat to touchdown. Thomas, by this time display signs of conflict fatigue, longed for the acclimatisation usually for a late chastisement idea from his surrogate Joe Ford to finish the scoring.

Apart from Ciprianis try, Wasps constructed a miserable opening that left Tony Hanks, their executive of rugby, baffled. A week after giving Saracens not one kickable penalty, his group were unhinged by a creaking line-out and scrum that gave Leeds a period of chances.

Hanks pronounced the demeanour of better was unsuitable for a group determined to finish in the tip four. "Weve no complaints about the result. It would have been good to scrape a reward point but you have to give credit to Leeds. Our line-out did not duty and we fell off tackles."

Leeds grabbed the beginning in the 16th notation when Thomas kicked his initial chastisement after a howling plea by Seru Rabeni knocked Pacific island opposition Daniel Leo off his feet.

The head-on plunge into carried Leeds and a chastisement followed in the hasten at the ruck. Thomas combined a second 9 mins after prior to Cipriani dissapoint the kick-fest by racing afar after Lemi had supposing the gait in evading from his own 22.

Cipriani combined the acclimatisation but Leeds never gave Wasps an additional try scoring chance. Thomas combined dual some-more chastisement goals prior to half-time as his group capitalised on the vigour that forced column Ben Broster to be sin binned for on purpose knocking on to stop an attack.

Thomas kicked dual serve penalties after the interlude prior to nerves and tired busted his accuracy. He longed for one easy try and afterwards the acclimatisation of Fouries try though by afterwards Leeds were transparent of Wasps who had relied on a chastisement gal from Cipriani in the 45th notation to keep in touch.