Italian international Diego Dominguez equalled a Heineken Cup record of eight
penalties to end Wasps' hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals.
The Loftus Road side are trailing Swansea and Stade Francais in Pool Two after
a third consecutive defeat in the tournament.
However, Wasps can take heart from a spirited performance. They were never out
of the game and were constantly breathing down the visitors' necks.
Kenny Logan got the ball rolling in gusty conditions with three consecutive
penalties in nine minutes before Dominguez matched his efforts and then went one
better by kicking four penalties.
Scottish international Logan added another three points to draw the two sides
level at 12 apiece only for French centre Franck Comba to score the first try of
the afternoon after 33 minutes.
His score came following another commanding display by Dominguez, the Italian
who has been capped 61 times by his country, and winger Brian Lima. Dominguez
duly converted.
In-form Logan, however, kept Wasps in the hunt at the break by kicking another
two penalties to make it 19-18 after 40 minutes.
But Stade Francais carried their menacing form into the second half. Dominguez
immediately added to his haul by converting another four penalties to Logan's
one.
Wasps hit back and clearly had no plans to take defeat lying down after a
constant barrage of attack on Stade Francais' line.
And with the visitors going a man down after the sin-binning of Pablo Lemoine,
Wasps were rewarded for their brave efforts with a 78th-minute try by skipper
Mark Denney.
Logan converted to take Wasps within three points of Stade Francais, but
despite the home side's gallant late efforts the French club completed a double
over their opponents by the skin of their teeth with Dominguez's haul of 26
points earning him the man of the match award.
Teams:
Wasps:
Tries: Denney.
Cons: Logan.
Pens: Logan 7.
Wasps: Lewsey, Roiser, Waters, Denney,
Logan, Henderson, Wood,
Le Chevalier, Greening, Green, Reed, Shaw, Worsley, Volley,
Scrivener.
Not Used: Page, Leek, Sampson, Birkett, Beardshaw, Leota, Webb.
Stade Francais:
Tries: Comba.
Cons: Dominguez.
Pens: Dominguez 8.
Stade Francais: Dominici, Lima, Comba, T. Lombard, Poulain,
Dominguez, Laussucq, Marconnet, Landreau, Lemoine, Auradou,
James, Moni, Tabacco, Juillet.
Not Used: Blin, Collazo, George, Chaffardon, Raffault, Mason,
Williams.
Att: 8,233
Ref: Rob Dixon (RFU).
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