RUGBY MATTERS

SO farewell Wasps, at least the club we knew. Who can forget those misty afternoons at Sudbury sheltering in their toy town ‘grandstand’; John Gasson dispensing brandy nips; Peter Yarranton on the PA; Rob Andrew slotting goals for fun; the post-match clamour at the bar; grudge matches with Leicester; snarling encounters with Quins; Blackie singing The Blaydon Races and gamely – if unwisely– hitting a Clermont miscreant with his programme as he patrolled the touchline; the eye popping performance of a young Danny Cipriani that very same day; Josh Lew...