Newcastle defeated Wasps 14-10 at Adams Park but still face the prospect of relegation if Bristol win the Championship.

London Wasps escaped the drop and despite defeat celebrated like champions and were boosted by Dai Young who confirmed he would remain with Wasps next season in a post-match interview.

The nerves were evident throughout the first half as the scoreboard remained at 0-0 up until the 36th minute when Nicky Robinson converted the game's first penalty. Runs from Wasps’dangerous line of backs came to nothing and Gopperth uncharacteristically missed easy kicks.

The events that unfold on the pitch at Adams Park on Saturday will go down in Premiership history. London Wasps and Newcastle Falcons are separated at the bottom of the Aviva Premiership table by four points.

A Wasps win would ensure their Aviva Premiership future and would allow them to look at re-building their club structure after a season of despair for fans, players and staff alike.

As the Aviva Premiership draws nearer to a thrilling conclusion, we've predicted the results for this weekend's matches. Newcastle hosted Saracens last night and came away with one point, making the battle for Premiership survival even closer.

The Falcons will be hoping that Bath can do them a favour by beating Wasps this afternoon which will ensure Newcastle still have a chance of staying in the Premiership next season.

London Wasps lost yet another Aviva Premiership match earlier today and Russell Hargreaves chatted to Exeter coach Rob Baxter and Wasps' Marco Wentzel following the encounter at Adams Park.

Former Aviva Premiership champions, London Wasps, have slipped to second bottom of the table after losing for the fifth straight time in the league. Worcester now climb above them in the table after winning a game with the joint-lowest overall scoreline in Premiership history. After the game at Adam's Park, Russell Hargreaves spoke to Wasps lock Richard Birkett and Worcester's former England scrum half Shaun Perry.

Nick Heath was at Kingsholm and caught up with Bryan Redpath, Dai Young and Henry Trinder after the game. Gloucester thrashed London Wasps with a demolition of the Londoners who remain near the bottom of the Aviva Premiership table. Gloucester moved up to fifth in the table in a victory that sees the Cherry-and-Whites replenish their play-off hopes.

Gloucester thrilled a sell-out Kingsholm crowd with a six try destruction of visiting side, London Wasps.

The last time these sides met was back in February when Gloucester won 10-9 at Adams Park. Gloucester had won just two from their last six games and Wasps had lost all of their last four matches apart from last weekend’s victory over Bayonne.

In a post-match interview Bryan Redpath said “The players should be proud of themselves. They’ve had a lot of stick over the last couple of months, some of it is justifiable and some of it not.” He added “I think the win was a combination of many things.”

One month after returning from an Achilles injury, Dom Waldouck has spoken to Nick Heath about London Wasps, Christmas and the Amlin Challenge Cup. Click play on the video play to watch Dom's interview.


Credit: Rugby Media/Nick Heath

LOCATION ADAMS PARK / DATE OCTOBER 21 2011 / COMPETITION LV= CUP ROUND 2
In a high tempo thriller, Newport Gwent Dragons travelled to Wycombe to face London Wasps. None of the spectators would have expected such an intense, high tempo thriller between two sides who both fought to the death to try and steal victory.

Steffan Jones was the hero for the Dragons, kicking twenty points for his side and taking them to a victory that seemed unlikely as they were behind on the 78th minute. Wasps put up a fight that on any other day probably would have got them a win but they couldn't overthrow a powerful Newport side.