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Video - Dai Young attempts to explain record European defeat at hands of Leinster
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Wasps headcoach Dai Young faced the media after his side's humbling defeat at the hands of Leinster in Dublin last night in their opening European Champions Cup match.
Luke McGrath and James Lowe scored twice as Leinster began their European Champions Cup title defence with a 52-3 thrashing of Wasps.
The Irish province won the competition for the fourth time in May and they began their bid for an unprecedented fifth in style on Friday, earning a bonus-point home triumph.
Leinster were comfortable from start to finish, opening the scoring with Sean Cronin’s early try and only seeing their progress checked by an 11th-minute penalty from Lima Sopoaga.
The next try did not come until McGrath crossed after the clock ticked past 40 in the opening period, but Leinster were rampant from then on as Lowe touched down two minutes after the restart.
McGrath went over once more and Lowe followed, before Jordan Larmour, Robbie Henshaw and Jack McGrath got tries in a sensational seven-minute spell to cap the scoring late on.
Leinster take on Toulouse on the road next, while Wasps will hope to bounce back at home to Bath.
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I didn't mean to sound down on Dmac. Just looking hard at the bench sub's role of providing impact. I don't think he can do that at 15, and the bench is not really about injury cover anymore (you need to maximise it's use more than that).
He's my first choice of any New Zealander for the 10 jersey with the All Blacks.
Go to commentsAgreed. And I don't have much more to say on it, but I had been having one thought that sprang to mind at the tail of this discussion, and that is that it's not all about Razor.
It's not about any coach being "right". I think a lot of selections can become defense and while it doesn't really apply here I really enjoyed that Andy Farrell just gave into the public demands and changed out his team for the change that had been asked for. Like why not? This is the countries team, keep them engaged. The whole reason i've only just finished watching the game was because I wasn't interested in watching any of the selected players against a team like Italy (still actually enjoyed the first half with the contest Italy made of it).
Faz leap frogs a younger half back into start. He hands the golden child the game over July's golden child. He gives an old winger a go, a new flanker and hooker. None of them really did any good, certainly not enough to suggest they should have been promoted above others, but who cares? You won, and you gave the country what they wanted, that's all that matters after all. It's for the country, not the one in charge who thinks they have to have their own pied piper tune playing.
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