LONDON Welsh were on the end of a real hiding as Wasps celebrated their final Aviva Premiership game at Adams Park with a thumping victory yesterday.

And with further bad news on the injury front, it is hard to see any light at the end of a very dark tunnel.

Ashley Johnson and Christian Wade led the way with a hat-trick of tries apiece, while Nathan Hughes (2), Saliosi Tagicakibau, Joe Simpson and Tom Varndell also crossed.

Andy Goode converted six of those 11 tries before Alex Lozowski took over kicking duties to add two more.

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Welsh, meanwhile, could only manage a single try from replacement Ben Pienaar on the hour-mark, which was converted by Will Robinson.

The tone was set for a miserable afternoon for Welsh when Wasps crossed for their opening try after just 70 seconds.

At a set scrum 25 metres out, the visitors lost possession on their own feed and Wasps capitalised for Hughes to crash over, with Goode converting.

Welsh prop Pablo Henn was also injured in that first engagement, before the visitors fell further behind when Johnson forced his way over.

Welsh had their first chance for points, only for Will Robinson to push his penalty kick wide.

Wasps scored their third try, the best of the match, with a sweeping movement finished off by Tagicakibau.

Goode converted for a 21-0 lead.

The visitors suffered another blow when Chris Hala’ufia was carried off on a stretcher following a huge collision with Simon McIntyre.

Nick Scott became the third Welsh player in the opening half-hour to leave the field with an injury before Wasps had the game all but wrapped with their bonus-point try from Hughes to make it 26-0 at the break.

Within five minutes of the restart, the home side were over again when Daly ran straight past a weak tackle before giving Wade a 35-metre run to the line.

The lively Simpson and Hughes created a second try for Johnson with Goode converting to bring Wasps up to 40 points.

Kearnan Myall provided Simpson with a deserved try, but Pienaar gave Welsh a brief moment of celebration with his try before Wasps continued to empty their bench with Daly, McIntyre, and Goode all departing.

Hughes and Johnson were the star performers for the hosts with Johnson completing his hat-trick by finishing off another line-out drive.

Wade then followed suit with two late tries and there was one for replacement Varndell as their opponents were torn to ribbons.

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