I was really excited by the prospect of Brad coming to Wasps as I had seen a number of games on TV from NZ and he really was in Super Rugby - right up there with the best of the players on show.
In many ways his first season mirrored that of Lima except having the England tour to add on to the workload - so was always going to need a reasonably gentle introduction - but then we had the injury crisis which might have put pressure on him to play sooner than planned and sooner than his injury indicated, ideally (perhaps?)
I think its rare to see the best of SH players first season in the Prem - the game really is different in reffing interpretation (my bugbear!) and how its played especially in terms of collisions. I think, once we've got the RWC out of the way, a decent run on the injury front and the ability to rest players strategically, we ought to see a very different and much improved Wasps this season. Hope Jimmy, especially, keeps in one piece!