By PAUL REES

WASPS just failed to qualify for the Heineken Champions Cup, losing out to London Irish on the final day of the regular season, but Lee Blackett feels his side improved on the 2020-21 campaign.
Wasps finished eighth then compared to ninth this year, but they averaged fewer points per match, 2.3 compared to 2.5 (which would have been enough to secure sixth place 12 months ago), and they went into the season with a chronic injury list which included a number of their leading players.
Head coach Blackett will be focusing in the close season on a traditional strength of Was...