Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s action

Wasps must strengthen to pack a punch, Sale’s away form continues to cost them dear and Bath’s Sam Burgess could yet be a championIt was a knockout match for the top four and Wasps never recovered from a few early blows, 10 points down after seven minutes and disoriented by a Leicester side that kept the ball in hand and went through the phases rather than sending kicks high into the air. While the battle at the breakdown was typically brutal and won by the Tigers, the visitors established a dominance in the tight five, the area Wasps need to strengthen over the next few seasons, even given th…