Exeter did even less, which is Wonky?s point.
Really?
They took an academy player, who had never played in a prem game & within a season he was an England international.....
If they had done nothing he would still be a squad player, which, if Wasps hadn't gone under, I suspect he still would be. IMO of course.
The idea that exeter have done less for his development is such an utterly bizarre take. He was at wasps for what? 5 rounds of rugby i believe? So less than 2 full months of rugby plus a preseason.
24 games for Exeter in just over one full season, most of which he was a starter, where he's become an England international and probably the most hyped young backiine player in the country under their tutelage. I get the annoyance at a commentator hinting that exeter plucked him straight from uni and not mentioning wasps, but there's quite a difference between that situation and say, the way sarries fans talk about how they developed billy v into an international, forgetting hia time at wasps. Its quite clearly exeter who have turned immanual into the player he currently is (or at the very least, the ones who gave him the opportunity to do so)
Always a Wasp
