I'm sure I'm not the only Wasps fan who's reaction to Dobby's omission, once the surprise had worn off, was "good for us!"
In the short term I'd agree. But we've lost several of our best players over the year because they felt their dream of international recognition was done and so they might as well follow a different dream.
I know we lost Wade, who else? I would have thought the Wade dream wasn't a stellar success story (I know he has made money from it, but what he really wanted was to get in to a first team, and that seems most unlikely to happen now) and might not be one to encourage others.
Is rugby abut the money, I wonder? Most players surely don't make that much from it, with a relatively short career, one that potentially could end at any moment.