Dai Young: Wasps winning and Tom being man of the match would be ideal

Tonight’s clash between the Blues and Wasps will have a familiar feeling for Wasps head coach Dai Young.
The former Blues player and coach returns to the club he spent 16 years with but is also set to face his son Tom who has been named on the bench as a back-row replacement.
If the Welshman admits it will be strange at first, he has an ideal scenario in mind.
He told The Rugby Paper: “I’ve coached him in the past but it’ll be a bit different to coach against him this time around.
“It’s probably stranger for me to actually coach him rather than play against him though and as soon as the kick-off goes it’ll all be forgotten.
“In an ideal world, Wasps would get the win and Tom the man-of-the-match.”
The LV Cup usually sees teams resting their best players and give youngsters an opportunity to impress.
But after the struggles of last season, Young is adamant his side needs to win games and build momentum with an Heineken Cup place up for grabs.
He said: “We’re at a stage of our development where we can’t cherry pick what competition we want to play in. We need to generate a winning culture in the team.
“We have a dozen or players no available through international duties or injuries so for some being rested will mean sitting on the bench.
“Don’t get me wrong, the Premiership is our bread and butter but if we can get out of this group, we are two games away from a guaranteed qualification in Heineken Cup and that’s the way we are looking at it.”
Last week, Wasps suffered a 29-24 defeat at Saracens but were in the game until the 50^th minute before they let the game slip away.
They never gave up though and salvaged a losing-bonus point in the closing stages of the game, a necessity in this league.
He added: “There are parches in games where we switch off and this is what cost us the game last week. If we had been accurate for 80 minutes it could have been different.
“The Premiership is about getting points and there’s only one game (at Northampton) we haven’t taken a point so this is a positive. We will see where we are at Christmas and see what we can push for.
“We need to nail an away too to build on the belief we can get the goods away from home.
“I’m pleased with where we are now but we all realise that we can do so much more and it’s a nice place to be.”
NICK VERDIER