Premiership: Wasps win 52-44 in a stunning game of 11 tries at Bath
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| Gallagher Premiership |
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| Bath (29) 44 |
| Tries: Priestland, Underhill, Redpath Cons: Priestland 2 Pens: Priestland 5, Spencer |
| Wasps (24) 52 |
| Tries: Cruse 2, Odogwu 2, Penalty try, Shields, Bassett Cons: Sopoaga 6 Pens: Sopoaga |
Wasps scored seven tries as they beat Bath to claim a fifth straight win.
In a game of 11 tries and almost 100 points, Wasps trailed 29-24 at the break after tries from Rhys Priestland, Sam Underhill, and Cameron Redpath.
After getting off the mark with a penalty try, Tom Cruse and Brad Shields also crossed - but four more followed.
Paolo Odogwu crossed twice, Cruse got a second and Dan Bassett also went over, before Bath's late bonus-point consolation from Elliott Stooke.
The one blow for Wasps was an injury to Wales lock Will Rowlands, who went off after failing a head injury assessment in the first half.
Fellow Welshman Priestland kicked two conversions and five penalties, to add to his opening try of the night for a 22-point individual haul, supplemented by a late penalty from Ben Spencer after the exiled Wales stand-off had gone off.
But Lima Sopoaga also landed seven kicks - six conversions and a penalty - for a 17-point tally of his own.
More to follow.
Bath: De Glanville; A Watson, Joseph, Redpath, McConnochie; Priestland, Spencer; Obano, Dunn, Stuart, McNally, Ewels (capt), Faletau, Underhill, Mercer.
Replacements: Walker, Schoeman, Judge, Stooke, Bayliss, Chudley, Matavesi, Hamer-Webb.
Wasps: Sopoaga; Odogwu, De Jongh, Le Bourgois, Bassett; Umaga, Robson; West, Cruse, Brookes, Launchbury (capt), Rowlands, Gaskell, Young, J Willis.
Replacements: Taylor, McIntyre, Toomaga-Allen, Shields, T Willis, Porter, Gopperth, M Watson.
Referee: Matthew Carley.
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