It’s still hard to believe that Wasps went out of business just over two months ago, an October 17 training ground meeting confirming that 167 players and staff at the Gallagher Premiership club were being made redundant.
Wasps have shrugged off the devastating news that they are to appoint an administrator to help find a solution to their financial woes by naming their team on schedule on Thursday for Friday night’s Gallagher Premiership match away to Bath.
The Premiership season is drawing to a close which means numerous players are getting ready to join new clubs over the summer break. Plenty of transfers have already been confirmed across the league.
Paolo Odogwu saved Wasps for the second week in a row with a quick-fire double as Bath saw their seven-point lead crumble after finding themselves down to 13 men in a 41-24 Gallagher Premiership defeat.
Max Malins made it back-to-back hat-tricks in the Gallagher Premiership with four tries in Saracens’ thumping 56-15 victory over a depleted Wasps.
New All Blacks signing Vaea Fifita is set to make his bow for Wasps this weekend in a pre-season friendly against Coventry Rugby.
Having lost a player to a red card in their last Premiership outing, Wasps boss Lee Blackett has warned rugby about football-style cheating.
Wasps prop Ben Morris and Gloucester lock Matias Alemanno have learned their fate after becoming the latest Premiership red-carded players.