Aviva Premiership: Dai Young pleased with Wasps win at Gloucester

Wasps head coach Dai Young was a satisfied man after his team’s victory over Gloucester at Kingsholm which secured them their first away win in the Aviva Premiership this season.

Wasps ran out 30-13 winners thanks to tries from Christian Wade, Tom Varndell and Nathan Hughes, all converted by the boot of Andy Goode who once again produced an unblemished kicking display.

Young was happy with the result but did not feel his side performed considerably better than they have in previous games that they have narrowly lost.

"We put in a poor performance at Exeter but apart from that we haven't been a million miles away," said the Welshman.

"I'm really pleased to get this monkey off our back as you have to win on the road and beat the sides below you in the table if you want to stay in the mix.”

The man in charge still had some criticism of his team’s execution in the game, but praised the manner in which they closed the game out.

"We were in control for the first 37 minutes but I was really disappointed with our second-half performance," said Young.

"We knew Gloucester would come back at us but we turned over the ball seven times at first phases. We found a way to win as we were composed in the last five minutes, which was pleasing as we've thrown away a lot of games at that stage in the past."

Concern

Meanwhile, Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys admitted there is a concern for him as his side have failed to register a win at home since they beat Leicester in early October.

"We wanted to make Kingsholm a difficult place to play but it's not happening,” said Humphreys. “We were flat and lacked edge in the first half but we had strong words at half-time and were much better afterwards.

"Kingsholm is a great place to play - with our second sell-out crowd - but we are not where we want to be. We know we have to get better and another home defeat will be a worry, but if we show the energy that we did in the second half we will win matches."

Gloucester’s mission to win at home will not get any easier as their next match at Kingsholm will be against last season’s finalists, Saracens.