Angry young man Alfie just wants to play

By GARY FITZGERALD

Wasps v London Irish
Boxing Day. Kick-off 3pm, Coventry Building Society Arena
LEE Blackett expects a much less angry response from a more mature Alfie Barbeary if he has to bring his young starlet off the battlefield against London Irish today.
That was certainly not the case when the Wasps boss had to remove the 21- year-old from the front line after 40 minutes against Munster two weeks ago. He had to sit him down and have a heart to heart about why he needed to look after his body for future challenges.
Barbeary eventually got the message and Blackett insists th...

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