WASPS will work with what they have at ten after ‘scouring the earth’ to find a replacement for injured fly half Ruaridh Jackson.

The Scotland international will miss most of the season with a torn ACL and Wasps desperately wanted to find a replacement of equal quality.

However, Dai Young admits they have been unsuccessful.

Instead, they have boosted the numbers in that position by loaning winger Jonah Holmes back to Leeds for a season in exchange for 23-year-old fly half Glyn Hughes.

Rob Miller also ended last weekend’s win over Newcastle in the fly half role as Wasps plan to make do and mend.

Director of rugby Dai Young said: “There aren’t many teams happy to give us their tens. Charity doesn’t stretch that far.

“We’ve got Alex [Lozowski] who is very good prospect and we’ve brought Glynn across, who is another really good prospect.

“But we can’t expect Andy Goode to play every game.

“We have scoured the earth but there are very few top notch tens bobbing about not going anywhere and happy to come to Wasps.

“We’ve got what we’ve got.”

Meanwhile, Jackson is on the road to recovery after undergoing surgery last week.

He said: “Having only signed a one-year deal with Wasps, and with the Rugby World Cup now just a year away, the injury could not really have come at a worse time.

“But that is just the life of a professional sportsman.

“I will be listening to all the advice the experts give me in the coming months while trying to stay involved with the squad as much as possible with analysis and watching opposition and such like.

“I need to just concentrate on getting the knee right and then hopefully play a few matches at the end of the season for Wasps and take things from there.”

Jackson injured his knee in the win over Northampton Saints.

He had come on for Andy Goode and already sparked two tries and converted both from wide positions when he collapsed.

He said: “There was nobody really near me and it was a bit of a freak incident. I just fell to the ground and felt something pop in my knee and as soon as it happened I thought it was something pretty serious.

“I went for an MRI scan and that revealed that I had suffered an ACL tear and the early feeling was that I would be out for around six to nine months. To say I was gutted is a big understatement.

“I felt I had settled in pretty well to life at Wasps and I was really starting to enjoy my rugby. Now I face a long rehab period, but I just have to set myself small goals and keep working hard.”