PETER SCRIVENER

THE FORMER WASPS NO.8
In the early days of professionalism, I was officially the highest paid player in the world which still makes the lads chuckle today. Nigel Melville had signed me for £60k a year – a decent sum at the time - but I played only 19 minutes in the opening game of the season before picking up a bad injury and was out for the next nine months. Sadly, I spent five of my 12 years at Wasps (1992- 2003) on the sidelines after double knee and shoulder reconstruction surgery. It was hugely disappointing but I’d like to think that the boys thought ...