Premiership Rugby Cup campaign - five things we learned.

[Rossm]

Report from Bobby Bridge.

We secured victories over Northampton Saints and Worcester Warriors but suffered defeats to Saracens and Sale Sharks. Not quite enough to qualify.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/rugby/wasps-rugby-news-premiership-cup-17078821

[Neils]

Does quite cut and paste correctly but I found the info below interesting.

Wasps appearances and minutes in Premiership Rugby Cup
Player    Apps    Mins
Matthews, Charlie    4    293
Le Bourgeois, Michael    4    257
Kibirige, Zach    3    240
Vailanu, Sione    4    217
Umaga, Jacob    3    214
Cardall, Tim    3    206
Wolstenhome, Sam    4    166
Willis, Jack    3    165
Odogwu, Paolo    2    160
Flament, Thibaud    3    158
Miller, Rob    3    156
Harris, Ben    3    153
Carr, Nizaam    3    148
Taylor, Tommy    3    146
Bassett, Josh    2    145
de Jongh, Juan    2    140
Watson, Marcus    3    139
Robson, Dan    2    138
Shields, Brad    2    137
Zhvania, Zurabi    3    126
Brookes, Kieran    3    119
Cruse, Tom    2    114
Neal, Ross    2    100
Toomaga-Allen, Jeff    3    90
Johnson, Ashley    2    87
Searle, Billy    2    84
Morris, Ben    1    80
Sirker, Callum    1    80
Spink, Sam    1    80
Oghre, Gaby    3    60
Fekitoah, Malakai    1    58
Alo, Biyi    1    57
Owlett, Jack    1    54
Rieder, Alex    1    53
West, Tom    2    41
James, Owain    1    40
Vukasinovic, Theo    2    36
Sopoaga, Lima    1    22
Clement, Henry    2    18
Gopperth, Jimmy    1    5

[Rossm]

I didn't realise that Charlie Matthews put in as big a shift as that. Well done Charlie. Hope you continue starting in the league.

[BG]

The top 2 represent where we are low on numbers at the moment.

Seeing Jimmy down at the bottom makes for sobering reading

[BG]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1SgatPvDZ0

Highlights for those who haven't seen the tries

[Neils]

I didn't realise that Charlie Matthews put in as big a shift as that. Well done Charlie. Hope you continue starting in the league.

That's what struck me and neither him or Booj disgraced themselves.

[Neils]

The top 2 represent where we are low on numbers at the moment.

Seeing Jimmy down at the bottom makes for sobering reading

Why? He is injured and coming back. A bit too keen on his return and thumping his shoulder. Look forward to seeing him more as a bit part player than before but he will be there. Of course if the much touted Wasps training and conditioning curse pontificated on by many hits him then I could be wrong again.

[Rossm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1SgatPvDZ0

Highlights for those who haven't seen the tries

A couple of Lima's passes, particularly the one that put Marcus in for his second try, were really very good indeed.

[backdoc]

He flung the ball very hard at Watson, who did well to hang on to it.

[NellyWellyWaspy]

Lima had a good day at work. He had lost the nervousness and you could see he was having fun.

Charlie had a really good game. I even saw him dodge a tackle. Was that a side-step? I think it was.

The highlights don't show the blistering burst through the centre of the backs by Nemo. It was pure art. The timing, the pass. It was such a shame that he didn't quite score.

[Rossm]

He flung the ball very hard at Watson, who did well to hang on to it.

I think that may have been Marcus's third try. And yes he did well to hang on to it but that's his job.

[Raggs]

It looked like he was trying to skip Watson.

[HDAWG]

Or he expected Watson to be further away. I get what you mean, the pass doesn't match the distance Watson is away from Sops.

[Steve from Cov]

It appeared to me that Charlie Mathews was calling the shots at the line outs.

I doubt that responsibility would be given to someone who wasn’t going to play next week.

He played very well and I agree with BB that it was the best game he has played for Wasps.

[Shugs]

Prem Cup threw up some decent positives for us I think. Vailanu, Matthews, Cardall, Kibirige and Le Bourgeois all staked a claim in amongst the already established names. Sopoaga and Fekitoa have got some game time and we've got a serious extra option at full back.