Wasps vs Bath; Saturday 3.00

[Which Tyler]

Wasps:
15 Rob Miller
14 Paolo Odogwu
13 Sam Spink
12 Jimmy Gopperth
11 Josh Bassett
10 Charlie Atkinson
9 Dan Robson

1 Robin Hislop
2 Gabriel Oghre
3 Biyi Alo
4 Joe Launchbury (c)
5 Elliott Stooke
6 James Gaskell
7 Ben Morris
8 Brad Shields

16 Tom Cruse, 17 Tom West, 18 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 19 Vaea Fifita, 20 Alfie Barbeary
21 Will Porter, 22 Ryan Mills, 23 Marcus Watson

Bath:
15 Tom Prydie
14 Semesa Rokoduguni
13 Jonathan Joseph
12 Max Ojomoh
11 Will Muir
10 Orlando Bailey
9 Ben Spencer

1 Valery Morozov
2 Jacques du Toit
3 D’Arcy Rae
4 Ewan Richards
5 Josh McNally (c)
6 Taulupe Faletau
7 Jaco Coetzee
8 Nathan Hughes

16 Tom Doughty, 17 Arthur Cordwell, 18 Kieran Verden, 19 Josh Dingley, 20 Richard de Carpentier
21 Joe Simpson, 22 Max Clark, 23 Tom de Glanville


We've been missing a real #8 all season (no disrespect to Josh Bayliss) - but I think we might possibly be overcompensating now.
That's a very raw bench - we'd better be 20 up by the time they come on.
We won't be.

[Raggs]

I'm hoping we put in a solid shift till 50 minutes, then bring on most the bench and just power through.

[Which Tyler]

First half felt like we simply winning the cripple fight as neither team was doing anything particularly effective. Wasps had it in the tight exchanges, so kept throwing it wide; we looked good out wide, and incompetent in tight play - so we tried to go wide as well - which was better, at least.
Second half, and a man down, I really expected Wasps advantage in the tight 5 to tell - but they kept playing to our strengths, and we tightened up and looked in control, even if we couldn't quite make it tell whilst a man down.
Then TdG goes for the intercept - if that sticks then we're 14 points up with 10 to play and a TBP in the bag. But if you go for it, you HAVE to make it stick - and he didn't.
Wasps suddenly had room out wide as well as dominance close in - and there was only ever going to be 1 result from that.
Both cards were harsh-but-fair for me. Last year, Roko's was a yellow, Tom's seemed a genuine attempt, fumbled.
But them's the breaks, and that 10 minutes cost us hugely.
We went down fighting - which is a significant step up from earlier in the season.
Biggest disappointment for me was Du Toit's throwing - 2 significantly overthrown, and 1 not even close to straight, so we had to throw to the front from then on, and sacrifice our ability to play to our strengths.

[Timbo]

Jack Willis apparently involved in the warm up today.

[Which Tyler]

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