Premiership Cup Tonight
Cruse Try Scorer
By Buzzter
September 20 2022
Let's hope the squad which kicks off the Premiership Cup tonight against Falcons (Tuesday 7.45 Tickets only a tenner) can kickstart the Wasps' season after two league defeats..
Will Haydon-Wood gets his first start at fly-half tonight and he'll be alongside Francois Hougaard in what looks like a decent line-up.
Wasps v Falcons: 1 Zac Nearchou 2 Gabriel Oghre (Capt) 3 Elliot Millar-Mills 4 Cam Dodson 5 Theo Vukasinovic 6 Fyn Brown 7 Kieran Curran 8 Greg Fisilau 9 Francois Hougaard 10 Will Haydon-Wood 11 Luke Mehson 12 Will Simonds 13 Reikiti Maasi-White 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso 15 Olly Hartley .
Replacements 16 Michael Van Vuuren 17 Archie McArthur 18 Robin Hardwick `19 Alfie Bell 20 James Tunney 21 Harry Craven 22 Ollie Dawkins 23 Billy Kucera.
The weekend home defeat by Bristol was not expected. Wasps only had a Tom Cruse try to enjoy as they went down 24-8 - although it may have been different if a Joe Launchbury effort hadn't been ruled out for a forward pass.
Lee Blackwell' media comments after the game:
"It wasn't like we looked clueless at times, we were creating opportunities. We just made far too many mistakes with the ball. I'm constantly saying we've got to improve our skill set and that's what we want from Wasps players.
"I think if you'd seen us in pre-season, I saw us heading in the right direction in terms of that. I think it's a bad day in the office but we have got to be constantly working on that and that is the direction we are going in. W are working really hard on our skills and we've got to work even harder."
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Guessing that Millar-Mills will start at LHP, maybe get someone in on loan as backup? Unless one of the Academy lads step up.
Hopefully Corbin Thunder (top name!) might get a go at Hooker.
Second row, maybe Vukasinovic plus an Academy lock?
I'd guess we'll see Hayden-Wood start at 10, unless Umaga is ready (might ease him back in nicely).
1 Zac Nearchou
2 Gabriel Oghre (C)
3 Elliot Millar-Mills
4 Cam Dodson
5 Theo Vukasinovic
6 Fyn Brown
7 Kieran Curran
8 Greg Fisilau
9 Francois Hougaard
10 Will Haydon-Wood
11 Luke Mehson
12 Will Simonds
13 Reikiti Maasi-White
14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
15 Olly Hartley
Replacements
16 Michael Van Vuuren
17 Archie McArthur
18 Robin Hardwick
19 Alfie Bell
20 James Tunney
21 Harry Craven
22 Ollie Dawkins
23 Billy Kucera
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Possibly more interesting who isn’t playing - both Paolo and Jacob aren’t included but as far as I’m aware are fit. Can we expect to see them both in Friday’s 23?
Lee quoted today that both are in contention.
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Better than a kick up the Jacksie!
Most things are😉
“This machine kills fascists”
Woody Guthrie's guitar.
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Let's hope some of the players are watching - it might remind them that the aim is to win (i.e. score more than the opposition).
All of the players were there.
THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER
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Immanuel Feyi-Waboso : this guy have the potential to fill the hole left by Christian.
How good is his defending ? Fingers crossed it’s good