article_snippet.sent: Wasps made an honourable and defiant exit from the European Champions Cup on Sunday as Wasps took the holders to the wire and may have clinched a seismic upset, but for a glaring official oversight.
article_snippet.sent: Dai Young’s side became the third of four English challengers to be dispatched from Europe’s premier event over a punishing weekend, but this was no meek capitulation.
article_snippet.sent: Despite the chronic inconvenience of losing Nathan Hughes to a contentious ban and Christian Wade to an untimely injury, the visitors raged gallantly against the dying of the light.
article_snippet.sent: Toulon tenacious opponents — and even forced to adopt sly, illegal tactics to survive a second-half fightback.
article_snippet.sent: Seven minutes from full-time amid a cacophony at Stade Felix Mayol, Wasps launched a daring raid from Wasps own 22 which eventually culminated in a second try for Helu (2) Conversions: Goode, but it also featured a miscarriage of justice.
article_snippet.sent: Wasps were left battered and beaten, but richly deserving of the ovations from Wasps pockets of supporters around the ground.
article_snippet.sent: There was a certain sense of inevitability about the outcome, but Wasps refused to accept that Wasps were out-gunned, even when Toulon were able to summon the likes of Matt Giteau and Juan Fernandez Lobbe from Wasps stellar cast of reserves.
article_snippet.sent: Young was delighted with how Young side had performed, once Wasps stopped being so deferential.
article_snippet.sent: Wasps defence descend on Toulon's Guilhem Guirado at the Felix Mayol Stadium on Sunday .
article_snippet.sent: The Top 14 leaders went into the break 22-6 up, but Wasps turned the tables as Daly scorched down the right to tee up Helu’s first try.
article_snippet.sent: When Lozowski went over to quell the uprising moments later, the uprising secured Toulon a semi-final against Leinster in Marseille, and left Wasps to head home craving another shot at this tournament next season.