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NICK CAIN

CHRISTIAN Wade encapsulates English rugby’s irrational fear of the X-Factor players it produces, and this week it got the shock it deserved when news broke that the 27-year-old Wasps wing is going to try his luck in American Football.
It is a fear that leaves coaches flummoxed over how to employ brilliant players like Wade to best effect – with the Wasps coach Dai Young, a Welshman, a rare exception – and the winger’s lack of recognition at international level raising another burning issue about the modern game.
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