Tigers flop dismays Murphy

LEICESTER coach Geordan Murphy accepted that his side were not good enough to retain their Anglo-Welsh Cup title as they crashed to a 50-28 defeat by Wasps at the Ricoh Arena. The Tigers needed to win and score an unrealistic 13 tries to progress to the semi-finals but they managed only four and were convincingly beaten. Harry Simmons scored two of them, Luke Hamilton and Jonah Holmes the others, with George Worth adding four conversions. Murphy said: ‘It’s incredibly disappointing to concede that many points today as we made huge errors, and it was concerning how easily they scored. ‘Wasps always looked more powerful and finished clinically.’