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London Wasps



Full Name: London Wasps
Union: Rugby Football Union
Founded: 1867
Nicknames: Waspies, The Pests
Location: High Wycombe, England
Ground: Adams Park - Capacity: 10,516
Chairman: Mark Rigby
Captain: Benn Robinson
Vice-Captain: Stephen Jones

Current Budget: £0m

Senior Squad (40)

Forwards (23)

Hookers
HK Tatafu Polota-Nau (Australia)
HK Sean Cronin (Ireland)
HK Huia Edmonds (Australia)

Props
PR Benn Robinson (Australia)
PR Charlie Beech (England)
PR Ben Daley (Australia)
PR CJ Van Der Linde (South Africa)
PR James Slipper (Australia)
PR Carlos Nieto (Italy)
PR Shaun Knight (England)

Locks
LK Steve Mafi (Tonga)
LK Mouritz Botha (England)
LK Marco Wentzel (South Africa)
LK Dan Tuohy (Ireland)
LK Samu Manoa (USA)
LK Ryan Caldwell (Ireland)

Backrows
FL Jonathan Poff (New Zealand)
FL Dave Dennis (Australia)
FL Deon Stegmann (South Africa)
FL Beau Robinson (Australia)
FL Dewald Potgieter (South Africa)
N8 Roger Wilson (Ireland)
N8 Ben Mowen (Australia)

Backs (17)

Scrum Halves
SH Mike Blair (Scotland)
SH Nick Phipps (Australia)
SH Haydn Thomas (England)

Fly Halves
FH Stephen Jones (Wales)
FH Steven Myler (England)
FH Rhys Preistland (Wales)

Centres
CE Brad Barritt (England)
CE Dan Bowden (New Zealand)
CE George Pisi (Samoa)
CE Dan Hipkiss (England)
CE JJ Engelbrecht (South Africa)

Back Three
WG Matt Banahan (England)
WG Tom Varndell (England)
WG Topsy Ojo (England)
WG Simon Zebo (Ireland)
FB Mike Brown (England)
FB Geordan Murphy (Ireland)

Academy Squad (17/20)

HK Nathan Morris 3/3/1993 (age 19) on loan from Newcastle Falcons for the season
PR Rhodri Jones 23/12/1991 (age 20)
PR Alec Hepburn 24/07/1992 (age 19)
SR Peter Elder 18/04/1990 (age 20)
FL Sam Northcote-Green 15/12/1991 (age 20)
FL Colby Fainga'a 31/3/1991 (age 21)
FL Liam Gill 08/06/1992 (age 20) on loan from Northampton Saints for the season
FL Gus Jones (age 18)
N8 David Francis 10/04/1991 (age 21)
N8 Billy Vunipola on loan from Northampton Saints
SH Jonah Holmes 24/07/1992 (age 20)
CE Mitchell Tamiau 10/1/1993 (age 19)
CE Scott Williams on loan from Newcastle Falcons
WG Will Robinson 9/1/1993 (age 19)
WG Ashley Smith 18/6/1991 (age 21)
WG Jamie Elliott 31/09/1992 (age 20) on loan from Northampton Saints for the season
WG/FB Jack Wallace 22/10/1991 (age 21)

Roncero + Hipkiss + Mitchell

Brown + Monye

Enq

Fair enough mate, thought Mitchell may have tempted you.

Anything for just Brown then?

Brown, Monye, Burgess?

Can you think of something along the lines of:

Brown + Burgess + Monye

for

Barritt + ? + ?

Not looking to do anything till end of season really but could maybe do:

Brown + Burgess + Monye

for

Barritt + Pretorious + Mitchell

Don't think I can lose another top draw English player with Barritt the only England starter in the deal, think he's a little ahead of Brown & Monye.

No probs

None of them are untouchable mate, make me an offer.

TPN, Roberts, maybe Tuohy. Not sure mate to be honest.

Not interested in Freshwater really mate.

Don't want to lose Brussow mate

Louw, Flutey and Dowson

for

McAllister, Blair and Brown

How about:

Barritt + Pretorious

Brown + Burgess

Cheers mate was a close one, 6n has hit u quite hard. Monye and Chisholm for Botha and basson?

Both are crucial memebers of my squad with being solid EQ options. Be looking at Brown or similar.

sorry mate cant afford to lose english without one in return

Been a rough day for us both in the back row department Arry lol

I know mate , never good to see a player retire because of injury.

And neither are for sale mate , both in razor sharp form.

I'd say Barritt was more valuable than Brown being an English starting playing who can play 12/13.

Looks like we're struggling, no probs

Don't think so mate, need Brown involved somewhere if you can think of something

Can't see me losing Flood fella

Not really mate no....we're def struggling!

Any further tweaks on the possible deal mate?

eitehr of your aussie no9s available?

I could maybe do a deal for Easter for the end of the season

Would need Brown or Narraway in a deal for both fella

I would need both to let Louw go I think. I really like the guy. I could add to it

McAllister + Brown + Blair

for

Louw + Dowson + Flutey + TOL

Just having to work out the squad I want for next season mate, having to make sure I have a good balance for during the 6Nations, which I havent got right now!

id do a deal involving mafi
but for it to be worthwhile would need roberts, mac, or monye also involved.
i can dd my end too with sbw, bowden, butch james, basson, bastereaud, tiesi etc.

So you'd do

Brown + Mac + Blair

for

Louw + Faainga + Dowson?

If your happy with that stick it on the confirms.

I'm for Mac before you do anything

Narraway + Mac

for

Easter + Pisi

I'm still interested in Burgess, Brown & Monye lol

Botha and SBW
for
Chisholm and McAllister

SBW is a tough one to judge, there is a chance he might go back to rugby league so I dony wana mug you off. could be a bit of a gamble. but could pay off!

What could I add on my part?

Prefer Benjamin to Monye, dont want to lose Barritt & Monye. Would do:

Barritt + ?

Monye + Brown

But not sure of what else we can do

Struggling mate.

I'll only do Barritt if I get Brown + Monye in something. Just leave it if you don't fancy that.

is there anyway of including monye or banahan?

Needs to be Brown and Mac involved. As I said I'm happy to keep Louw so not trying to offload him.

Louw + Faainga + Dowson + Sharpe?

for

Mac + Brown + Blair + Tuohy?

Fair enough fella, not overly keen on losing Barritt after his recent performances so would need a deal to benifit me.

I haven't really got any full backs besides Kearney who is untouchable at the moment. Could give you Heymans if that's what you'd want?

Could leave Blair out if you wanted.

Would leave it as Mac + Brown for Louw + Faainga + Heymans

Kearney is far better than Brown in every aspect so that's a no go.

to let botha and bowden go (potentially EQ soon)
i would need some english in return

I'm struggling to see anything mate to be honest, best I can say is make me some offers and we'll go from there.

'Arry Spurs wrote:Benn Robinson, Tuohy + ?

for

Mullan + Kitchener + Davies

I could be interested in something along these lines, but I am losing quality here and not seeing anything back in return. Not wanting to lose Davies really, but if we can get some decent English from your end coming my way then could do something with the other two.

Would Brown be available as an English option in a deal.

Arry I have Jackson Wray and Ben Nutley if you wanted English backrowers?

I'm going to pass for now mate, perhaps have another look at a deal at the end of the season.

Any word on a deal for Mac?

Arry the Wasps academy has just won the hardest league in England at youth level (all the best colleges etc) - these are some of the standouts - all forwards and I am pretty sure each is in the u18s team!

David Hughes
Gus Jones
Alex Lundberg
Beno Obano

Not sure they have won it yet Chris, belive they have topped their group but there are play offs for the winner (might be wrong).

Arry, you don't need to add them at present, your academy is now protected as per the rules that I posted on the homepage a few weeks back.