Wasps in narrow Sarries win

Wasps looked down and out when they trailed 26-13 to fourth-placed Saracens with 10 minutes remaining but Irish scrum-half Eoin Reddan, scorer of two tries in last weekend's epic Heineken Cup victory over Leinster, grabbed two more in a do-or-die finish.

Van Gisbergen came off the bench to convert both, the second from the left-hand touchline three minutes into injury time.

Saracens, who did most of the first-half defending, grabbed the initiative with a classic try by Thomas Castaignede in the third minute of injury time in the first half.

Jackson's conversion put Saracens, who had trailed 6-0 after 17 minutes, 13-6 ahead at the interval.

The visitors increased their lead with Jackson's third penalty in the 48th minute and they looked home and dry two minutes later when Castaignede drove at the Wasps backline to set up Sarries' second try, with Dan Scarbrough providing the pass for heavyweight Samoan prop Cencus Johnston to force his way over and stretch their advantage to 21-6.

But Wasps refused to concede defeat. They stormed back with Reddan and centre Dominic Waldouck combined to move the ball right for full back Danny Cipriani to squeeze over in the corner, with Walder landing the conversion from the touchline.

But the fightback looked short-lived as Saracens responded with their third try four minutes later as Jackson sent centre Rod Penney over as they had men spare on the right.

Van Gisbergen was introduced in the 69th minute and 60 seconds later landed his first conversion after an immense drive by flanker James Haskell provided the opening for Reddan to run in Wasps' second try.

The home side hurled everything into attack and, just as it looked as though their efforts were in vain, Reddan snatched the ball from the base of a scrum and burst down the blindside for a last-gasp opportunist try which gave Van Gisbergen chance to land the winning kick.