A club game record attendance of 81,076 crowd into Twickenham to watch the first all-English Heineken Cup final Lawrence Dallaglio's Wasps face a tough task in trying to prevent Martin Corry's Leicester from sealing the Treble Wasps start strongly, fly-half Alex King kicking the first points of the final after the London side win a second penalty Wasps scrum-half Eoin Reddan latches onto Raphael Ibanez's pass for a try in the corner, his fourth of the campaign A quick pass to Simon Shaw at the line-out is returned to on-rushing Raphael Ibanez who surges over in the corner The Tigers' Andy Goode makes no mistake with three first-half penalties but it's Leicester 9-13 Wasps going into the break Wasps' Alex King has polished his kicking boots in the break, making up for earlier misses by quickly adding six more points Leicester look rattled by the pressure as their attempts to find a breakthrough are thwarted Youngster Tom French impresses on his second ever start for Wasps, as they continue to dominate the game King's drop goal is followed by a penalty which surely seals the game, won after James Haskell charges 75 metres upfield With Leicester trailing 9-25, referee Alan Lewis blows the whistle to signal the start of Wasps' celebrations Led by inspirational captain Lawrence Dallaglio, the Wasps team celebrate winning the Heineken Cup for the second time
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