Premiership: Saracens 56-15 Wasps - Max Malins claims four-try haul for ruthless hosts

England full-back Max Malins made it seven tries in two matches for Saracens

Saracens moved up to third in the Premiership with a 56-15 demolition of a depleted Wasps at the StoneX Stadium.

Malins secured the bonus-point try before Wasps hit back through Jimmy Gopperth and Zach Kibirige.

But Malins went over twice more before Alex Lozowski and Ben Earl capped an eight-try rout.

Earl's last-gasp try underlined Saracens' ruthless streak, working their socks off to cap an already well-won contest with another score and go past 50 points for a second successive weekend following their 71-17 destruction of Bath.

Sarries are now within seven points of leaders Leicester - the only team to beat them in 15 matches - with a game in hand, while Wasps stay 10th and have won just two of their past nine Premiership away trips.

Wasps were the last team to beat Saracens in their own backyard 13 months ago and were looking for a third straight win over their London opponents, but 16 players missed the trip and their injury woes worsened as Will Simonds, Tom Cruse, Pieter Scholtz and Ben Morris all went off before half-time.

The visitors twice worked their way into good attacking positions in the Sarries 22 early on, only for England lock Maro Itoje to win back possession both times, the second of which set up a rapid break that ultimately led to George cantering over.

Jamie George scores Saracens' first of their eight tries against Wasps

Gopperth's penalty got the visitors on the board, but once again an error in their opponents' 22 was ruthlessly exploited by Saracens, as the ball was lost in the tackle and Nick Tompkins' blistering break was finished off by Malins.

Sarries turned up the pressure and could have had more tries before Vunipola capped a super first-half display by burrowing over on the stroke of half-time after a one-sided scrum close to the line.

Malins - named in the latest England squad - added a simple second to wrap up the try bonus-point soon after the break as Sarries stretched an overworked defence.

Wasps hinted at the unlikeliest of comebacks when Gopperth finished off in the corner and Kibirige outpaced Owen Farrell in the chase for Nick Crossdale's counter-attacking kick to cut the deficit to 32-15.

However, a clever break and looping pass from Itoje allowed Malins to finish in the corner and make it back-to-back hat-tricks following his treble against Bath.

Malins' fourth score came courtesy of another of his England team-mates as Farrell - who added 16 points with the boot - showed excellent vision to run a defence-splitting line.

The scoreline became a harsh one for the visitors when Lozowski exchanged passes with Alex Lewington to cross against his former employers before Earl's coup de grace.

Saracens: Goode; Maitland, D Morris, Tompkins, Malins; Farrell (capt), Davies; M Vunipola, George, Koch, Itoje, Isiekwe, Christie, Earl, B Vunipola.

Replacements: Woolstencroft, Barrington, Riccioni, Swinson, Wray, van Zyl, Lozowski, Lewington.

Wasps: Crossdale; Kibirige, McHenry, Simonds, Minozzi; Gopperth (capt), Hougaard; West, Cruse, Scholtz, De Chaves, Cardall, Morris, Young, Carr.

Replacements: Holling, Hislop, Millar-Mills, Stooke, Curran, Porter, Mathews, Mehson.

Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU).

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