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Transfer bombshell for Wasps

3:13pm Monday 20th May 2013

A BOMB disposal expert is in line to play for Wasps next season after being given a sabbatical from the army.

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Just the Guy for them

4:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

WASPS have bolstered their back row options for new year with the signing of Guy Thompson from Jersey.

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Premiership award winner taking nothing for granted

8:40am Friday 17th May 2013

JOE Launchbury is taking nothing for granted despite being named Land Rover Discovery of the Season.

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Baa Baas call up Daly

4:22pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

WASPS centre Elliot Daly has been called up by the Barbarians for matches against England and the British & Irish Lions.

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‘I’m absolutely gutted about missing out on England’

3:40pm Monday 13th May 2013

TOM Varndell must feel like he is invisible to the England selectors.

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Hot Ash signs up again

12:54pm Monday 13th May 2013

ONE of Wasps’ players of the season has signed up for more.

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Wade’s school coach: ‘You could see he was a natural’

2:40pm Friday 10th May 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade’s progression into the full England squad has been on the cards for years, according to his former school’s rugby coach.

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Wade: I've got a point to prove in Argentina

9:10am Friday 10th May 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade says he’s going to Argentina with England this summer desperate to prove that he can reproduce his club form in the white shirt of England.

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Wasps pair get Barbarians call

8:10am Friday 10th May 2013

WASPS pair Marco Wentzel and Sam Jones have both been called into the Barbarians squad for their upcoming games against England and the British and Irish Lions.

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Young pleased despite ending season with a 'whimper'

5:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

WASPS director of rugby Dai Young says he has to be pleased despite ending the season with an eight-game losing run.

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Wade and Daly win top Wasps awards

9:16am Thursday 9th May 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade was named Player of the Season at Wasps’ end of season awards ceremony last night.

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Wade and Launchbury in England squad

2:56pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade and Joe Launchbury have been selected for England's summer tour to Argentina, but Elliot Daly has been overlooked.

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Launchbury fit for England

1:44pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

JOE Launchbury will be fit for England this summer despite missing Wasps’ final game of the season at Sale on Saturday.

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Wasps set Sale for final day

1:30pm Friday 3rd May 2013

WASPS will not get the chance to play against their former fly half Danny Cipriani in the final Aviva Premiership fixture of the season tomorrow.

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Wasps pair on Try of the Year shortlist

8:10am Thursday 2nd May 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade might not have made it into the 37-strong British & Irish Lions touring party, but the former RGS High Wycombe star is still on course for a sizzling end to the season after earning his second Aviva Premiership nomination this week.

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Wasps confirm pre-season schedule

5:49pm Wednesday 1st May 2013

WASPS have announced their list of pre-season fixtures, with French giants Clermont Auvergne the stand-out game.

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Woodman to leave Wasps

9:24am Wednesday 1st May 2013

WASPS forwards coach Trevor Woodman will leave the club after four years this summer.

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Varndell sets new club record

9:00am Friday 26th April 2013

TOM Varndell set a new club record when he crossed the line against Exeter Chiefs last weekend.

Wasps boss named on DoR shortlist

9:30am Thursday 25th April 2013

WASPS boss Dai Young has been shortlisted for Aviva Premiership Director of Rugby of the Season award.

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Former England age-group captain signs for Wasps

4:26pm Wednesday 24th April 2013

WASPS have replaced Billy Vunipola with a ball-carrying back row from London Welsh.

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Wade nominated for Player of the Year

1:25pm Wednesday 24th April 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade has been nominated for the Player of the Season award after a stunning year in the black and gold of Wasps.

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Young: Recruitment will be easier next year

1:11pm Tuesday 23rd April 2013

WASPS director of rugby Dai Young believes recruiting new players for next season will be far easier now the club has secured crucial financial investment.

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Wasps hooker to return to Wales

4:12pm Monday 22nd April 2013

WASPS hooker Rhys Thomas will leave Wasps this summer and return to Wales to be with his young family.

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Haskell challenges Wasps to achieve 'massive success'

3:00pm Friday 19th April 2013

JAMES Haskell has urged his Wasps team-mates to ignore their bumps and bruises, forget the last six matches and draw a line under Leicester if they hope to realise their top six dream.

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Young: We know we are good enough

10:00am Friday 19th April 2013

DAI Young has told his players they carry the hopes of the entire club on their shoulders when they run out at Adams Park on Sunday afternoon.

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Injury scare for Wade

9:13am Thursday 18th April 2013

WASPS are sweating on the fitness of Christian Wade ahead of Sunday’s decisive Aviva Premiership match with Exeter.

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Young: We couldn't handle their physicality

11:57am Monday 15th April 2013

WASPS director of rugby Dai Young says a patched up side is no excuse for Saturday’s defeat and has zeroed in on a lack of physicality among his players at Welford Road.

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Wasps take losing run to Leicester

3:00pm Friday 12th April 2013

WASPS are staring a sixth straight defeat in the face this weekend.

Wasps talent excites Lancaster

10:40am Thursday 11th April 2013

ENGLAND coach Stuart Lancaster says he expects a raft of Wasps players to force their way into the England squad in the coming years.

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Wasps secure long-term future

11:22am Wednesday 10th April 2013

WASPS’ long-term future appears to have been secured today following the announcement that Irish businessman Derek Richardson has become the principal shareholder – their future in Wycombe is less certain.

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Jones pens new Wasps deal

10:57am Tuesday 9th April 2013

WASPS have made another key long-term signing by securing Sam Jones on a new contract.

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Wade boosts Lions chances with Leinster double

3:30pm Monday 8th April 2013

WASPS might have lost last Friday but Christian Wade still emerged as one of the winners on the night with two tries in front of the England and Lions selectors.

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Young: We're a better team than last season

12:26pm Monday 8th April 2013

WASPS have now lost in the quarter-finals of the Amlin Challenge Cup two years in succession, but Dai Young says there is a marked difference between this spring and last.

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Goode could be the missing piece for Wasps

10:00am Saturday 6th April 2013

WORLD CUP winner Jason Robinson believes Andy Goode could prove the final piece in the Wasps jigsaw following his decision to leave Worcester in time for the start of next season.

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Wade: This is 'the biggest club game of my career'

11:20am Friday 5th April 2013

CHRISTIAN Wade might be the most relaxed man in Adams Park tonight.

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Young undaunted by underdog tag

8:10am Friday 5th April 2013

LEINSTER are a club of superstars; Brian O’Driscoll is the biggest of them and under him they grown accustomed to winning the biggest trophies.

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Simpson: We want to ruin Leinster's party

1:20pm Thursday 4th April 2013

JOE Simpson says Wasps want to play the role of party poopers tonight when Leinster come to Wycombe in the quarter-final of the Amlin Challenge Cup.

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Robinson handed Wasps starting role

12:20pm Thursday 4th April 2013

WASPS have sprung a few surprises with their team selection for tomorrow’s Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final with Leinster.

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Daly signs up for more

9:59am Thursday 4th April 2013

WASPS have made another key signing by locking down Elliot Daly on a new contract.

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Wasps sign U20 international winger

2:28pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

WASPS have signed highly rated young winger Josh Bassett from Bedford Blues.

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Wasps sign U20 international winger

2:28pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

WASPS have signed highly rated young winger Josh Bassett from Bedford Blues.

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Tide turns against Wasps

12:12pm Tuesday 2nd April 2013

WASPS admit the momentum has turned against them at just the wrong point in the season.

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Wasps nearing Amlin Cup sell-out

3:10pm Friday 29th March 2013

THERE are just over 1,000 tickets left on sale for Wasps’ Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final against Leinster on Friday, April 5.

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