Wasps fly-half Dave Walder lands a kick on goal during his side's win over Glasgow in Wycombe © Getty Images

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Matches: Wasps 38 - 26 Glasgow

Tournaments/Tours: Heineken Cup

Teams: Glasgow | Wasps

Grounds: Adams Park

London Wasps director of rugby Tony Hanks was a happy man after his side's 38-26 victory over Glasgow Warriors at Adams Park on Sunday afternoon.

Wasps suffered heartbreak in their opening game in Heineken Cup Pool 6, going down 18-16 to Toulouse last weekend. However, they responded positively to that disappointment, running in four tries in their victory over the Warriors, leaving Hanks elated.

"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," he said. "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."

Scrum-half Joe Simpson was named man of the match after a scintillating display, the highlight of which was his superb solo try eight minutes in. Unsurprisingly, Hanks had nothing but praise for his No.9.

"Glasgow will be disappointed because Joe did that to them twice in pre-season," said Hanks. "But 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."

Meanwhile, Glasgow head coach Sean Lineen felt that his side ultimately paid the price for a slow start and some weak defensive play.

"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. But to come away with nothing is very disappointing, especially given all the ball we had in the last 20 minutes."