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London Wasps director of rugby Dai Young couldn't hide his delight as his side got back to winning ways against Worcester Warriors.
Young's men were beaten in Cardiff last time out but got a first LV= Cup win under the belts 28-19 against the Warriors with tries from Simon McIntyre, Jack Wallace and Charlie Davies.
"It wasn't a perfect performance but I was pleased with a lot of aspects of our game."
Elsewhere on Sunday London Irish went down 22-15 to Leicester Tigers with George Ford scoring 17 points. The Tigers were reduced to 14 men due to Boris Stankovich's red card but held on for the win.
And Northampton Saints ended their recent losing streak with a 30-20 win over Newport Gwent Dragons despite a hat-trick from former Springbok winger Tonderai Chavhanga.
Gloucester Rugby bounced back from defeat against the Ospreys a week ago as they thumped London Welsh 46-20.
No.8 Ben Morgan went over for a hat-trick and said: "I think in the first half we showed that when we start holding ball and going through our phases we can be very dangerous.
"Second half we threw it about a little bit more and to be fair to them they came back and put some real pressure on us but we ground out the result.
"That is what we need moving forward. We need guys in the squad who, no matter who is playing, can step into the role and keep the Gloucester movement going forward."
Exeter Chiefs racked up their second win from as many games with a hard-fought 23-13 success over the Ospreys, Will Carrick-Smith and Myles Dorrian going over for their tries.
And in an all-Welsh affair the Scarlets saw off Cardiff Blues 22-16 thanks to a powerful scrum and some accurate kicking from Aled Thomas.
On Friday night Harlequins kicked their way to a 21-12 success over Bath Rugby with newcomer Louis Grimoldby stepping up to the mark in the second half.
Kiwi Ben Botica had earlier slotted five penalties to give the Aviva Premiership champions a 15-6 half-time lead, Stephen Donald knocking over two penalty attempts for Bath.
Six more points from Donald and then Tom Heathcote brought Bath back to within three more points before Grimoldby slotted two kicks in the final quarter of an hour to secure the win for Conor O'Shea's men.
Meanwhile Sale Sharks picked up a hard-fought win over Saracens as they edged home 25-23 to build some momentum ahead of next week's Aviva Premiership trip to Gloucester.
Mark Cueto and Fraser McKenzie scored tries for the Sharks with Rob Miller's late penalty earning the win after Joel Tomkins and Kameli Ratuvou had crossed for Sarries.
Sharks chief executive Steve Diamond said: "There's still things we've got to work on, but the size of the squad and the way Saracens put their squads together it's very good to beat them in any competition.
"For us it's momentum going into the league next week when we're at Kingsholm which is never easy and then Northampton, so we've got good preparation for it."
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