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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Signings/Re-signings/Leavers??
« on: March 03, 2022, 10:03:10 PM »
Not to cause offence, but you can easily schedule posts. So to not have posts as someone is on holiday is simply not the case. If there are no posts, there is no news.
Have also been checking and am disappointed.
Have also been checking and am disappointed.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Ins and Outs
« on: February 24, 2022, 07:40:11 AM »
I think Ryan was ‘announced’ as a link by Bobby, haven’t seen a club missive on the topic.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Jack Willis Back - teams up
« on: February 18, 2022, 02:28:15 PM »
Is there any news on Crossdale? His exclusions are interesting as he’s not unavailable. I’d expect to see him more than we are.
Is Jacob going to be a 15 long term? I prefer him to Charlie at 10. Not a critique of Charlie I was at Sandy Park and he is bloody good.
Is Jacob going to be a 15 long term? I prefer him to Charlie at 10. Not a critique of Charlie I was at Sandy Park and he is bloody good.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Building the Future
« on: February 08, 2022, 05:38:48 PM »Maybe this article was the building for the future
https://www.wasps.co.uk/news/coach-s-notebook-recruitment/
Thanks for posting this.
Signings to be announced in the near future.
Is anyone aware of any rumours? It’s been a bit quiet recently.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Morning All
« on: February 05, 2022, 09:33:31 AM »
Down in Exeter on a Stag. Really looking forward to a first trip to Sandy Park. Bit of a bogey day with us at Chiefs and Eddie taking England north of the wall, but fingers crossed for a good game. Excellent to see so many back, now hopefully they can hold some form. Few question marks on Launch, Malakai and Alfie, let’s hope they make it through and build on last week.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Wasps to 'review policies' after ban plea for 'novelty Native American headdress
« on: August 24, 2021, 10:45:37 AM »
I’m proud that our supporters have taken this issue to our club and they are considering next steps.
It might not be our direct issue, but Exeter are in our league and our opposition, so making a stance on what is right is important. Their branding and name have both been highlighted as problematic appropriation and something should be done.
It’s not up to them to review and decide if they think it’s alright or not. Assuming a culture and identity with no prior links to Exeter which belongs to an oppressed minority is the sort of thing we need to move away from culturally. The change to “The Washington Football Team” was absolutely necessary and they had some geographical proximity to link them to their former name. In my opinion Chief's being on a different continent only strengthens the need for a change. Hopefully it will come soon and they’ll have an equally catchy name.
It’s alright to be wrong as long as you learn from it no? The world is a dynamic place.
It might not be our direct issue, but Exeter are in our league and our opposition, so making a stance on what is right is important. Their branding and name have both been highlighted as problematic appropriation and something should be done.
It’s not up to them to review and decide if they think it’s alright or not. Assuming a culture and identity with no prior links to Exeter which belongs to an oppressed minority is the sort of thing we need to move away from culturally. The change to “The Washington Football Team” was absolutely necessary and they had some geographical proximity to link them to their former name. In my opinion Chief's being on a different continent only strengthens the need for a change. Hopefully it will come soon and they’ll have an equally catchy name.
It’s alright to be wrong as long as you learn from it no? The world is a dynamic place.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: More leavers??
« on: June 12, 2021, 12:27:03 AM »Agreed BdeB. I like our recruitment this year. The players you highlight will be missed. But when you break it down I see it as:
McIntyre: Great servant but limited game time of late so Hislop replaces. Unproven but likely to be available more.
Brookes: Back spasms and other injuries becoming frequent. Great in the scrum, not so elsewhere. Scholtz looks like for like but again, has less miles on the clock.
Taylor: Been good last few weeks but often out before. Well stocked here with Cruse, Oghre, Frost and Barbeary.
Rowlands: Pretty much like for like with Stooke but no international interruption likely for Stooke.
You throw in the other bits like Mehson, Crossdale and Millar-Mills plus whoever is to come and I think we're stronger.
To be fair, it is easy to say "like for like" on Brookes and point to his work around the pitch or time away. KB has been excellent at scrum time- does anyone think otherwise? JTA was universally heralded as a great signing, and then spent chunks of time in the seconds, contributing nothing to the first team when doing so. Now he has contributed this year having done that, but there is a huge question over the scrum still. Scholtz could be a great signing, of course, or another JTA who needs time to acclimatise. Truth is we do not know. I have heard some decent things about him here, but our scrum has been excellent with Brookes on the pitch, and that level of quality is hard to find. If Scholtz fails to perform in the scrum we will be weaker. If he performs well we could be ahead.
If Scholtz turns out to have scrum pen issues, where do we go? Alo/JTA split, I guess. We have seen this year that with poor maul we have struggled at times. Add in a dodgy TH issue and we would be royally up the creek. Of all the signings, Scholtz is the one I am hoping works out, because the guy he is replacing has helped given us a bit of scrum consistency this year.
Fully agree. No disrespect to Scholtz and I hope it works out too, but Kieran is a different beast. Just looks to be a phenomenal physical specimen and I reckon even on a bad day, he would be a nightmare to scrummage against. He hit good form with us and it wasn’t long ago that we had scrum issues season after season.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: More leavers??
« on: June 11, 2021, 05:07:57 PM »
What do we think the strategy is here?
Cut some costs while revenues recover and give some of the new generation some exposure?
We also seem to have a lot of long term knee injuries. S&C or bad luck? I know it’s an easy band wagon to jump on but worth asking the question!
I think Kieron and Will will be hard to replace. Sad to see Chesty leave. Thought TT, BV, CS & LS could have done more with us - was excited about that bunch, but on we go. All have had moments of brilliance.
Cut some costs while revenues recover and give some of the new generation some exposure?
We also seem to have a lot of long term knee injuries. S&C or bad luck? I know it’s an easy band wagon to jump on but worth asking the question!
I think Kieron and Will will be hard to replace. Sad to see Chesty leave. Thought TT, BV, CS & LS could have done more with us - was excited about that bunch, but on we go. All have had moments of brilliance.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Euro Draw at midday
« on: March 09, 2021, 04:52:53 PM »Tough draw, glad it's not away as that would have really annoyed me as Clermont is on my stadiums to do list.
Same! Will have to wait for another year.
But I do love watching them play. Haven’t they been on fire recently?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Vellacott to Edinburgh.
« on: March 02, 2021, 03:01:43 PM »Confirmed as expected. Should we expect a counter balancing good news story at 3??
Well, you called it Shugs! Ben Harris extended!!
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Today's Match Thread
« on: February 27, 2021, 04:48:16 PM »
Nicky Thomas is absolutely enormous. Is he bigger than Biyi!?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Today's Match Thread
« on: February 27, 2021, 04:46:13 PM »
This is a bit like a vegan sausage roll. It’s better than nothing, but it’s not great is it.... at the moment seeing some positives but the game is sloppy from both sides.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Match Thread
« on: February 20, 2021, 04:34:44 PM »
I will now accept that Cuise-Dog is ahead of TT. That was bloody great. Love to see it.
And Jacob hitting the corner. Little beauty!
And Jacob hitting the corner. Little beauty!
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Match Thread
« on: February 20, 2021, 04:25:42 PM »
That pen is inexcusable. Ball was available at the base. Use the bloody thing. Why hold it there and wait? Just mindless.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Oh Well - Match Thread!
« on: December 27, 2020, 03:35:58 PM »
Jamma isn’t quite as accurate at the breakdown as he used to be.... as long as we hang in this and get in the right areas, feels there for the taking.