WHAT would be the point of resurrecting London Irish and Wasps? Wasps were never financially viable at High Wycombe or in Coventry and Irish weren’t in Reading or Brentford. They aren’t ‘big brands’ – nobody outside rugby has heard of them.
Worcester had a decent stadium and loyal supporters in a city with no major football team but their lack of success on the pitch left them floundering when the Duckworth family were no longer willing to prop them up.
Jersey Reds should have been financially viable given the prosperity of the island and again no c...