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European Rugby Champions Cup: Wasps ready for Adams Park finale

Image: Dai Young: Wasps need to focus on match rather than occasion

Wasps are keen to secure a winning send-off from Adams Park that would keep them in contention for a European Champions Cup quarter-final place.

The Premiership side’s 12-year spell in High Wycombe ends after they face Castres on Sunday before they make the move to Coventry and their new home at the Ricoh Arena.

But Wasps rugby director Dai Young knows they must focus on remaining in touch with Harlequins and Leinster, who are setting the pace in Pool Two.

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"The players are fully focused on the 80 minutes of rugby ahead of them on Sunday, but we appreciate it will be a significant occasion for our supporters, as well as a significant game of rugby," said Young.

"It would be nice to sign off at Adams Park with a great performance and a great win. It would be a fitting way to thank our fans for the support they've shown there over the years.

"This a huge match for us in Europe.

"We were really pleased with the bonus point win in the south of France last Sunday (Wasps beat Castres 32-17), but we know the job is only half done. An away win last week means nothing if we don't back it up on Sunday.

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"Castres have some really good individual players, and if it clicks for them they could be really dangerous.

"Coming into these two European matches, I always said we would need to win both to have a realistic chance of progressing."

Watch Wasps v Castres in the European Champions Cup on Sunday. Coverage begins on Sky Sports 2 HD at 12:30pm.