By JON NEWCOMBE

LONDON WELSH board director Jonathan Shankland says allowing Wasps to remerge from the ashes of administration and go straight into the Championship would be a “slap in the face” for other phoenix clubs who served their time in the lower leagues.
In January 2017 London Welsh were booted out of the Championship and removed from the professional game before being consigned to the bottom tier of English rugby. Like near-neighbours Richmond, the Exiles club has had to work its way back up without a leg-up from the game’s governing body.
Having starte...