Thomas boots Leeds to victory

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Thomas kicked five goals to settle a tryless encounter in the visitors' favour.

Wasps were booed off the field after a performance laden with set-piece errors resulted in their first ever defeat by the Yorkshire side.

Leeds came out firing straight from the kick-off, with Lee Blackett's charge at the heart of the defence catching Wasps napping. Referee Martin Fox spotted an immediate penalty at the breakdown, rammed between the posts by Thomas with only two minutes on the clock.

But Dave Walder levelled matters from in front of the posts when Leeds were penalised for a high tackle on Joe Worsley. However, they were level for less than four minutes as Leeds squeezed Wasps in a scrum to earn a penalty, clinically dispatched by fly-half Thomas.

It looked as if the Leeds scrum had done it again inside 90 seconds when Wasps crashed downwards but Fox decided Wasps were the victims this time and Walder defied a swirling wind to make it 6-6 in the 24th minute.

Wasps were penalised for offside in front of their posts as Daniel Leo tried to halt a fierce Leeds drive and Thomas again punished them with a firmly-struck penalty after 27 minutes. And when Mark van Gisbergen was nailed by Hendre Fourie and penalised for not releasing, the impressive Thomas kicked the goal to increase Leeds' lead to six points.

Replacement Simon Shaw was at the heart as Wasps produced their first meaningful drive heading into the final quarter. Leeds, under sustained pressure, conceded a penalty and Walder did the honours to make it 9-12.

Wasps' indiscipline presented Leeds with yet another shot at goal after 64 minutes but this time the wind steered the attempt by Thomas just wide of the far post. But Thomas adjusted his sights in the 68th minute with a goal to make it 9-15 and the home crowd responded with a slow handclap - which, by the end, had given way to boos.

In the later kick-off at a wet and windy Kingston Park, tree penalties from the boot of Jimmy Gopperth secured a Newcastle Falcons 14-3 win over Worcester Warriors.