In front of a full capacity crowd, with blue skies and sunshine, it was the perfect start for both team and supporters at the Stoop.

There was only one change to the Quins team, with full back Gavin Duffy failing his fitness test, new signing Andy Dunne came in to fill his shoes.

The match started with Wasps the stronger team and after fly half Paul Burke missed his first penalty the visiting side were ahead. In what must have felt like a very unlucky start for Dunne he was faced with a long kick that bounced awkwardly and gave full back Tom Voyce an excellent opportunity to attack, crossing the line to score in the third minute. Mark Van Gisbergen added the extras and Wasps were up 0-7.

A penalty kick by Burke soon put Quins on the board, but this was followed shortly after by three points for Wasps, kicked by Van Gisbergen, to make it 3-10. Burke replied with a drop goal that brought the scores more level in the 11th minute, 6-10.

Just as the home crowd thought that their team was settling, Ace Tiatia was shown the yellow card and sin binned for 'illegal use of the shoulder.'

Down to 14 men, it spelt trouble for Quins and with some dominant play by the Wasps forwards and further attacking breaks from Voyce and centre Fraser Waters, the visiting side looked like they had summered the better. Much of the first half was in Wasps hands with Van Gisbergen adding a further three penalties in the 18th, 27th and 31st minutes. (6-19)

While these additional nine points were added to the tally, Wasps were also denied a try by the video referee.

Tiatia came back onto the field and the game started to gain some stability. On the verge of half time Quins got right back into the match. Just as the colourful stands started to look on with heavy hearts, seeing their side down 6-19, a break from Harder allowed Burke to get his hand and then boot to the ball. He lofted it across the field, Pat Sanderson got his hand to it, before passing the ball to Monye, who scored the try.

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Half time score 16-19.

The second half saw Quins come out defending and it was not long before a break away try scored by full back Andy Dunne, with Burke converting, put Quins in the lead for the first time. Andy Reay made a rapid break inside his own 22, pushing through the Wasps defense. With Monye at his side he put on a fine display of attacking running rugby, eventually being caught by the Wasps defenders. Reay passed to Diprose, who offloaded to Dunne, who went on to score in the 46th minute. Burke converted taking the score to 23-19.

Wasps did not lie low for long and came back with a try scored by experienced winger Shane Roiser in the 49th minute. Van Gisbergen missed the penalty (23-24). This was the final try for the visiting Wasps.

Another penalty kicked by the ever-reliable boot of Burke put Quins in the lead again 26-24.

It had been an exciting game up until now and what followed was exactly what the fans at the Stoop would have asked for. Wasps missed a penalty and after some strong defense the Quins side came to life - Burke kicked a perfectly placed kick through the Wasps line, managed to re-gather casting the ball wide to Reay. Reay then quickly offloaded to Monye and it was all over! Monye's speed, again the talking point of the game, put him over the tryline for his second five-pointer. (33-24)

With the chance to gain a bonus point Van Gisbergen did not falter kicking a last minute penalty to take the score to 33-27.

Chief Executive and Director of Rugby, Mark Evans, was pleased with his side's first home performance. "If we are going to get results in the season we have to win at home. At the end of the day we scored three good tries - carved out and created from deep."

In general it was a fun and very exciting day at the Stoop. Pat Sanderson was awarded Man of the Match and as always captain Andre Vos delivered the goods