Haskell deserved swansong season as thanks for his loyalty

JAMES Haskell’s exit from Wasps is a clear demonstration that loyalty is becoming an increasingly scarce commodity in the professional game. By the same token it sounds a death-knell for the great tradition of the ‘one-club player’.
Although the England flanker went walkabout for three years, honing his back row attributes by playing in France, Japan and New Zealand, he deserves the accolade of being seen here as a oneclub man.
Having come through the Wasps academy he not only shared in the glory days of the Lawrence Dallaglio era, but after his overseas experience he re...

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