Glasgow stung by Wasps

Wasps moved into second place in Pool 6 of the Heineken Cup with an entertaining 38-26 victory over Glasgow in west London.

The hosts ran-in three tries before the break to establish their authority and a fourth in the second-half clinched the bonus point, while the reliable Dave Walder kicked 18 points.

Joe Simpson, Tom Varndell, Ben Jacobs and replacement Dominic Waldouck all crossed for Wasps while the Magners League outfit responded with scores from Ruaridh Jackson and Dougie Hall.

Simpson was handed the man-of-the-match award on a high scoring afternoon that never fully ignited with Glasgow failing to get to grips with the opposition.

A dominant Wasps scrum enabled the Aviva Premiership club to race into an eighth minute lead when a powerful shove saw Simpson dash into space on the right, going through a gap between opposite number Colin Gregor and winger DTH van der Merwe to race over the line.

Walder missed the conversion and a penalty but then landed three points, shortly after Jackson had got Glasgow off the mark.

Low sin-binned

And the Warriors slipped further behind as they continued to fall foul of referee Pascal Gauzere's whistle, prop Moray Low sent to the sin bin for hands in the ruck as Gauzere lost patience and Walder kicked his second penalty.

Wasps continued to turn the screw and encountered little difficulty turning their dominance into points.

A clever grubber kick from Walder was touched down by Varndell who outpaced van der Merwe and the Wasps fly-half added the conversion.

But just as the home side were threatening to move out of sight, Glasgow replied when flanker John Barclay chipped through for Jackson to collect and touch down.

The Scotsman slotted the conversion and a penalty to slash the deficit to 18-13, only for Walder to calm home nerves by finding the uprights.

Daylight was restored after patient build-up from Wasps ended when centre Jacobs dummied and then jinked his way over from close range, Walder adding the two.

The second half opened with Jackson and Walder exchanging penalties and the crowd had to wait until the 64th minute for a meaningful passage of play that saw Wasps add the bonus point.

A series of forward drives ended when the ball was spun wide where Riki Flutey - playing his 50th match for the club - broke into open space.

Flanker Dan Ward-Smith kept the move going before supplying the scoring pass to sub Waldouck with Walder converting.

Glasgow struck back with centre Max Evans starting a passage of play that ended when Henry Pyrgos passed out of the tackle to Dougie Hall who stormed over.

Jackson kicked the conversion and the Warriors were refused a try by the video referee after Graeme Morrison was held up over the line.

Glasgow continued to probe for the bonus point but Wasps' defence held firm to secure their 15th successive unbeaten home match in the Heineken Cup.