| Time |
Score |
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| 5 |
3 - 0 |
Superb kick from Chris Pennell from not too far short of the half-way line
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| 19 |
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Chris Pennell misses a hard kick from three or four metres inside the half, gave it a hell of a thump though
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| 23 |
|
Ryan Lamb goes for the drop-goal attempt from the 22 line but it drops wide.
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| 28 |
3 - 3 |
Andy Goode slots his first kick of the night
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| 39 |
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Chris Pennell goes for another ambitious - perhaps over ambitious long-range kick ... but it goes just wide. He's not put off by distance, that's for sure
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| 40 |
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And half-time and Worcester can be happy with that even though it's all square. They have to win to have any hope of pulling off one of sport's great escapes and they are giving it a go
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| 40+1 |
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And half-time and Worcester can be happy with that even though it's all square. They have to win to have any hope of pulling off one of sport's great escapes and they are giving it a go
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| 42 |
3 - 6 |
Andy Goode strokes a penalty and Wasps lead for the first time
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| 50 |
|
Loud cheers as Goode is thumped as he takes a hospital pass. Quality here is not great but it's not lacking in determination
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| 52 |
|
Another penalty on or around the halfway line and the Wasps pack are warned again - "stay in the contest"
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| 53 |
8 - 6 |
Inspirational moment from David Lemi who skips round the outside, he's tackled two yards from the touchline and throws the ball backwards and it's picked up by Sam Betty who goes over. It's referred to the TMO and Lemi's foot is as close to the line as you can get without stepping out. A couple of missed tackles but Lemi did well ... that's a riposte to Dean Richards and his comments earlier in the week
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| 54 |
|
The kick from wide out sneaks to the left - the inside - of the post
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| 57 |
|
Referee stops the clock and warns Worcester - "too much talking"
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| 58 |
|
Drop-goal effort from Andy Goode got a massive elevation but it was two yards to the right. Cue more jeers from a crowd who are sensing they might be witnessing the first win of the campaign
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| 59 |
|
David Lemi off injured and he slumps to the bench, head in hands
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| 62 |
11 - 6 |
High tackle from Carlo Festuccia - lukcy to escape without a yellow - and Ryan Lamb sneaks the ball over the bar from central right on the 10-metre line. Close enough that the two touch judges glanced at each other before raising the flags
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| 64 |
|
Tough but kickable penalty but Goode takes the touch option ...and Wasps then lose the lineout and immediately concede a penalty
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| 66 |
|
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| 67 |
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Both sets of props are warned by the referee. They nod and will carry on regardless! A penalty almost always follows at the next scrum and a card might not be far behind ... and bingo, Wasps' Matt Mullan penalised
|
| 74 |
|
Worcester now playing the possession game and who can blame them
|
| 75 |
|
Brilliant take from a high kick on the charge by Andy Symons but the next phase goes wrong as they are turned over
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| 76 |
|
Chris Bell cuts a hole in the Worcester back line and Wasps are deep in the Worcester 22 for the first time this half, they've been that far off the pace
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| 77 |
|
Desperate defence from Worcester in their own 10 metre zone but Wasps lacking a cutting edge
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| 78 |
|
Nathan Hughes drives to within a metre of the line and Worcester just hold firm. They get the penalty right in front of the posts and with the clock running down they run it ... James Haskell
held up a yard out as is Hughes
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| 79 |
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It's all being played out within a metre of the line ... make that half a metre
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| 80 |
11 - 11 |
Wasps get the scrum. Two attacks, 27 phases and the clock stops with seven seconds left. Long delay while the TMO looks for something - nothing found - and an injury gets sorted. Crowd get vocal and almost pleading for their men to hold out. Hughes held up inches from the line and Launchbury is also held up, But Jake Cooper-Woolley piles over, silences the crowd and Wasps are delighted. It's referred upstairs so there's no ambiguity and that levels the scores
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| 80+1 |
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Hughes held up inches from the line and Launchbury is also held up, But Jake Cooper-Woolley piles over, silences the crowd and Wasps are delighted. It's referred upstairs so there's no ambiguity and that levels the scores
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| 80+2 |
11 - 13 |
The kick will win it. Andy Goode steps up and sinks his former club, a few cheers from visiting fans, Goode does not celebrate and that is so cruel. Wasps were poor and Worcester deserved more. Haskell admits: "They deserved the win ... we were pretty awful in parts"
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