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It is time for part two of Last Word on Rugby’s status update of the 2018/19 Gallagher Premiership rugby season. If you missed it, part one covered the top half of the table. Now it is time to look at the bottom six sides. This means analyzing the increasingly intriguing, and always fascinating ‘relegation battle’. […] READ MORE
The Gallagher Premiership Round Two match ups continued at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday when Wasps met the Exeter Chiefs. Both sides had featured in last season’s top four, Chiefs being pipped to their second consecutive championship title by Saracens. Wasps too had performed well; not quite their brilliance of 2016 but still potent in […] READ MORE
A Thomas Young brace and 17 points inside seven second-half minutes were the catalysts for a champion performance from Wasps at the Stoop. Despite playing more than an hour without centre Kyle Eastmond after he was dismissed for a high tackle on Marcus Smith, Wasps managed to score six tries in a 44-22 success over […] READ MORE
Bath’s 9-25 victory away at the Ricoh on Sunday ruined Wasps Rugby’s 150th anniversary game and handed Dai Young’s men their third defeat on the bounce. Not Young nor the Wasps faithful can be surprised however, that the season has not started the way the had hoped. Warning signs began towards the latter end of […] READ MORE
Harlequins beat Wasps in Coventry, ending their 22 month unbeaten record in the league at the Ricoh. Plenty of talking points arose from Quins 21-24 victory. Harlequins victory over Wasps in the final matchup of the weekend was a scrappy affair. Referee Andrew Jackson issued three yellow cards to James Haskell, Kyle Sinkler and Danny […] READ MORE
Wasps upcoming 2017/18 season will be a year in which the team will need towards taking that one-step higher. It'll be tough to get to where they were last year; due to the high standards put in from teams such as Exeter, Bath, Leicester and Saracens. READ MORE
The Exeter Chiefs and owner Tony Rowe realised a dream on Saturday afternoon when Gareth Steenson kicked them to Aviva Premiership glory. Exeter Chiefs Realise Premiership Dream Steenson’s extra-time penalty gave the Exeter Chiefs a 23-20 victory over Wasps at Twickenham. It completes a phenomenal journey from newly promoted to new champions in just seven […] READ MORE
Wasps Rugby against Exeter Chiefs is like ‘an unstoppable force colliding with an immovable object, and that is symbolic of the intensity fans can expect when the Aviva Premiership trophy is fought over. Exeter Chiefs will return to Twickenham for the second time in the last 12 months. Wasps meanwhile, are returning for the first time since […] READ MORE
Wasps finished top of the Premiership for the first time in 20 years after a 35-15 win over Saracens at a sell-out Ricoh Arena on Saturday. That result means Leicester Tigers will make the short trip to Coventry for a mouth-watering clash of the two sides who dominated this competition for so many years. Saracens will also be on the road, […] READ MORE
Saturday confirmed what, in reality, we’d known for several months now: Bristol will be playing their rugby in the Championship next year after losing to Wasps. READ MORE
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