London Wasps 35 Newcastle 18: convincing victory for Wasps against struggling Falcons

In climes more commonly seen in Paris than High Wycombe and facing a Newcastle
team that had made seven changes from the side outclassed by Northampton a
week ago, Wasps did not need to fully convince to ease past their visitors
who, along with London Welsh, are making a convincing argument for a 10-team
Premiership.




The game began in a scrappy manner ill-befitting the good conditions, spoiled
by several badly aimed kicks between the two flyhalves and the Wasps lock
Keanan Myall piling into an absurdly late tackle on Simon Hammersley a full
five seconds after play ha…