Bath consign Wasps to third successive defeat
Wasps fell to three successive Premiership defeats for the first time in over 20 months as they were beaten 25-9 by Bath at the Ricoh Arena.
Dai Young's side have so often proved a difficult proposition at home, but Bath consigned them to their worst league run since January 2016.
Jimmy Gopperth got Wasps on the board with a fifth-minute penalty and the visitors lost Wales international Luke Charteris after he failed a head injury assessment.
Rhys Priestland split the posts twice either side of another Gopperth three-pointer, who had another successful kick cancelled out by a drop-goal from the Bath fly-half.
Wasps number eight Nathan Hughes continued after an awkward landing left him needing strapping to his left thigh, but he made way before half-time – the injury possibly providing a concern for England coach Eddie Jones.
Freddie Burns came on for Priestland – who finished with 12 points – in the second half and added a further two penalties to put Bath out of reach, with Semesa Rokoduguni touching down Jonathan Joseph's chip to complete the scoring despite Chris Cook appearing to have knocked on in the build-up.
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Excellent analysis Nick as we have come to expect. I was not really aware that NFL strategies have been adopted by rugby teams, especially in defence. One point I would make is that the Northhampton attacking player on the end of the chain in the video examples has not maintained the correct depth to be effective. In the footage shown the outside player is too flat to make the best of the opportunity his inside players have provided. In each case they have to reduce speed and turn their body backwards to secure the ball, losing all momentum and giving the impressive scrambling defence the chance to shut down the threat.
Go to commentsMorning, John. Do you think that it may be a good idea to rest both teams from the Madrid comp leading in to the Olympics
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