Then a wonderful piece of inventiveness from Raphael Ibanez sent Eoin Reddan scurrying over for the opening try from a Waps lineout on the Leicester 22.

A silly block from Fraser Waters on the restart led to a penalty that Goode converted but then another clever lineout ploy, Ibanez throwing short this time to Simon Shaw gave Wasps their second try, Ibanez the scorer but Goode landed his third penalty in the 38th minute to leave his side trailing 13-9 at half-time.