Umaga and Wolstenholme join Wasps first-team

[andermt]

Everyone can calm down now. 

https://www.wasps.co.uk/news/umaga-and-wolstenholme-join-wasps-first-team/

[RBB]

https://www.wasps.co.uk/news/umaga-and-wolstenholme-join-wasps-first-team/

Excellent news, Umaga now a first team player, and another promising SH, that takes us to 4 - Dobbie, Vellacott, Porter and Wolstenholme.

[Neils]

Good news and sad about Daniels.

[Neils]

48 man squad is good too.

[Brandnewtorugby]

Brilliant news!

[RBB]

Some Wolstenholme footage here he doesn't seem to dither too much but the Championship is a bit frenetic compared to the GP, try at about 2:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4O_6O2cr-U, shirt number 21.

[Vespula Vulgaris]

Good news!

[Vespula Vulgaris]

Duplicate threads merged!

[Rory87]

GREAT NEWS!!!

Really pleased to read the announcement and made all the better with a 4th SH joining.

This will no doubt calm everyone's fears.

[Heathen]

Very positive news! Looking forward to seeing Jacob getting some game time in the Premiership.

[Rossm]

Terrific news. No more sleepless nights 

Wasps first-team squad 2019/20
(Alphabetically by Surname.

Rob Miller (full-back)
Matteo Minozzi (full-back)
Owain James (full-back)

Josh Bassett (winger)
Zach Kibirige (winger)
Paolo Odogwu (winger)
Marcus Watson (winger)
Callum Sirker (winger)
Ross Neal (centre/winger)

Juan de Jongh (centre)
Malakai Fekitoa (centre)
Jimmy Gopperth (centre/fly-half)
Michael Le Bourgeois (centre)
Sam Spink (centre)


Billy Searle (fly-half)
Lima Sopoaga (fly-half)
Jacob Umaga (fly-half)

Will Porter (scrum-half)
Dan Robson (scrum-half)
Ben Vellacott (scrum-half)
Sam Wolstenholme (scrum-half)

Nizaam Carr (back-row)
Ashley Johnson (back-row/hooker)
Ben Morris (back-row)
Alex Rieder (back-row)
Brad Shields (back-row)
Sione Vailanu (back-row)
Jack Willis (back-row)
Tom Willis (back-row)
Thomas Young (back-row)

Tim Cardall (lock)
Marcus Garratt (lock)
James Gaskell (lock)
Joe Launchbury (lock)
Charlie Matthews (lock)
Will Rowlands (lock)
Theo Vukasinovic (lock)

Biyi Alo (tighthead-prop)
Kieran Brookes (tighthead-prop)
Jack Owlett (tighthead-prop)
Jeff Toomaga-Allen (tighthead-prop)

Tom Cruse (hooker)
Gabriel Oghre (hooker)
Tommy Taylor (hooker)

Ben Harris (loosehead-prop)
Simon McIntyre (loosehead-prop)
Tom West (loosehead-prop)
Zurabi Zhvania (loosehead-prop)

Which makes 48.

[mike909]

Phew

Good co signing with the SH.

[JonnyD]

Great news on Umaga and also the SH signing is sensible as someone to compete with Porter rather than to block his path.

At least with Daniels we already had five THs so going back to four and we should still be ok. Langley isn’t too far away at Cov if required and Alex Hunt in the wider academy has already played for the first team in the cup so should be ok for A League TH options

[JonnyD]

Umaga did say online that he’d be back in NZ in five months so wonder if that’s just during a break or whether he has the option to gain super rugby experience (can’t really see us letting him do this if we see him as potential first choice FH during the cups.

Wonder what was happening behind the scenes as to why he wasn’t promoted at the same time as the others? Contract negotiations, mitre 10 options possibly

[Shugs]

Great and long awaited news re Umaga. I think he'll get some game time too. Squad is looking really well rounded to me now with the caveat that we really need some luck with injuries in the centres.