Two tries: Christian Wade
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young hailed wing duo Christian Wade and Tom Varndell after their combined four-try performance on Sunday.
The finishers picked up two tries each in the 29-19 win over London Welsh at Adams Park in a result that pushed them up to seventh in the table.
"Our wings were the major difference between the two sides," said Young following the game.
"Christian was outstanding and Tom wasn't far behind. Christian must be in the frame for England, he is in the Saxons set-up but England are blessed with some high-quality wings and he must carry on the way he is playing to continue to impress them."
Meanwhile, London Welsh coach Lyn Jones added to the praise of the Wasps wingers who played such a major role in deciding the result.
"Their back three was the difference in the game," he said.
"They were hugely influential - when they had 50-50 opportunities they took them all."
Jones was, however, disappointed not to at least take a losing bonus-point from the Aviva Premiership match, a last-minute penalty from Lee Thomas denying them that consolation.
"The mood in the dressing room is one of disappointment, we threw away a bonus point at the end and they are much sought after," he said.
"The first 20 minutes we went 8-0 down with some poor decision making and we need to be a lot tighter early on. We made too many unforced errors and it loses us points and yards in the Premiership.
"However we were competitive and it was a big effort from our players who all gave 100%."
Comments
kybone says...
Another example of our most exciting talent being overlooked. There's no wonder other nations think that we don't produce talented players. I fear that Wade will end up like Simpson daniel- brilliant week in week out at club level, and never used by England. I realise that the reason given for not selecting these players is that they may be a liability defensively, but then again we don't seem to have any concerns about picking players that can defend but don't offer much in attack.
Posted 13:25 30th October 2012
melkdave says...
Well theres no denying that both Wade and Varndal are on fire atm,imo both pushing hard for the EPS ,and personnally id love to see them in it for the 6Ns campaign,along with a couple of other players like Burns ,12Trees,Kvesic,Kitchiner ect
Posted 11:34 30th October 2012