Tony Hanks was delighted Wasps came away with maximum points from their 'must-win' Heineken Cup Pool 6 clash with Glasgow.
Wasps boss pays tribute to Simpson following defeat of Glasgow
Tony Hanks was delighted Wasps came away with maximum points from their 'must-win' Heineken Cup Pool 6 clash with Glasgow.
The London club's rugby director pinpointed the game as one his side needed to win to have any chance of progressing from the group.
And after tries from Joe Simpson, Tom Varndell, Ben Jacobs and Dominic Waldouck, the Aviva Premiership club climb to second place, two points behind leaders Toulouse following the 38-26 triumph.
"We're rapt. It puts us in a better position in the pool. This was a huge game that we had to win to stay in the pool," said Hanks.
"If you look at all the other pools and scenarios they're all quite tight. You can't afford to be none from two at this point.
"We're rapt to take a bonus point - we respected Glasgow too much to assume we'd get that.
"Scoring three tries by half-time meant we weren't as patient in the second half.
"Glasgow are a big, physical side and are quality opposition. That makes the achievement bigger.
"Our defence did well to hold them out in the final 10 minutes because it could have been quite hairy had they gone over."
Hanks paid tribute to scrum-half Simpson, who walked away with the man-of-the-match prize after terrorising the opposition following his early touch down.
"Glasgow will be disappointed because Joe did that to them twice in pre-season," said Hanks.
"That was probably Joe's best game for us. Defensively he was very good and kicked well generally.
"Joe does things like that try in every game, that's what people talk about because it's the x-factor he's got.
"He's had a run of games after struggling with injury and he's grown in maturity. His game management is really growing."
Glasgow coach Sean Lineen felt his side had thrown the match away in the first quarter and despaired at their failure to secure a losing bonus point.
"We had a poor first 20 minutes collectively. They weren't doing anything special and we were hanging off them," he said.
"The tries were too soft. We showed more spirit in the second half and scored a couple of tries ourselves.
"To come away with nothing is very disappointing, especially given all the ball we had in the last 20 minutes."
