COVENTRY: Wasps moved top of European Champions Cup Pool A on Friday after a hard-fought 33-14 win over Montpellier put the English side in a strong position to qualify for next year’s quarter-finals.
Two tries from Alfie Barbeary helped Wasps to their bonus point victory at the Ricoh Arena, which came against a Montpellier side who were on the back foot from the seventh minute when Henry Immelman was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Wasps’ scrum-half Will Porter.
Wasps have 10 points from their first two games, while Top 14 side Montpellier are bottom of the 12-team pool after their second straight loss and can kiss goodbye their chances of making the last eight draw.
A point behind Wasps are La…
