Ian McGeechan declared Wasps have put their Heineken Cup challenge back on track with back-to-back victories over Edinburgh.
Coach Edwards sees signs of light
Director of rugby Ian McGeechan declared Wasps have put their Heineken Cup challenge back on track with back-to-back victories over Edinburgh.
The English champions followed up their victory at Murrayfield last weekend with a gritty 19-11 win at Adams Park, and with Castres beating Leinster on Saturday, Wasps' victory sets up a pivotal showdown with the Irish group leaders at Twickenham on January 17.
"We are back in the competition and that is the most important thing for us at this stage," said McGeechan.
"Edinburgh was not an easy place to go and they are not an easy side to play. We knew they would try and make a statement against us today and I thought we handled it pretty well.
"Defensively he was very good, his kicking was 100 per cent - Danny did that last week - and he attacked the line and scored a try as well. He is playing good heads-up rugby with a lot of confidence."
After a poor start to the season, head coach Shaun Edwards believes Wasps are beginning to turn their fortunes around.
Delighted
"Obviously we are delighted with a win. We are getting on the right side of these narrow margins now," said Edwards.
"That Leinster game is almost England versus Ireland. It will be a pretty tasty match.
"As a unit we were pretty embarrassed with the way we performed over in Dublin (in a 41-11 defeat) and we will be pretty determined that day."
Edinburgh head coach Andy Robinson added: "They managed the game pretty well to win both games but you can see by the scoreline how close they have been.
"Last week was a missed opportunity and I thought at 8-7 if we came out and played with a bit of tempo and held onto the ball in attack we might have asked some questions of them.
"There was a lack of skill at times. We could execute our first-phase plays and we needed to do that to put Wasps under pressure.
"We scored one good try with a great line from Ben Cairns, which I was really pleased with, but we never threatened after that and our accuracy wasn't good enough."
