London Wasps

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Welcome to London Wasps

Full Name: London Wasps
Union: Rugby Football Union
Founded: 1867
Nicknames: Waspies, The Pests
Location: High Wycombe, England
Ground: Adams Park - Capacity: 10,516
Chairman: Mark Rigby
Captain: Mike Tindall
Vice-Captain: Stephen Jones

Current Budget: £12m

Senior Squad (53/55)

Forwards (27)

HK Tatafu Polota-Nau (Australia)
HK Steve Thompson (England)
HK Andy Titterell (England)
HK Damien Varley (Ireland)

PR Benn Robinson (Australia)
PR Charlie Beech (England)
PR CJ Van Der Linde (South Africa)
PR Perry Freshwater (England)
PR James Slipper (Australia)
PR Tom French (England)
PR Lionel Faure (France)
PR Carlos Nieto (Italy)

LK Mark Chisholm (Australia)
LK Richard Birkett (England)
LK Steve Mafi (Tonga)
LK Kristian Ormsby (New Zealand)
LK Stuart Hooper (England)
LK Marco Wentzel (South Africa)

FL James Haskell (England)
FL John Hart (England)
FL Tom Johnson (England)
FL Jacques Burger (Namibia)
FL Ryan Burrows (England)
FL Deon Stegmann (South Africa)

N8 Roger Wilson (Ireland)

Backs (26)

SH Luke Burgess (Australia)
SH Mike Blair (Scotland)
SH James Honeyben (England)
SH Martin Roberts (Wales)
SH Michael Claassens (South Africa)

FH Stephen Jones (Wales)
FH Jimmy Gopperth (New Zealand)
FH Rory Clegg (England)
FH Nicky Little (Fiji)
FH Ruaridh Jackson (Scotland)

CE Jamie Roberts (Wales)
CE Will Chambers (Australia)
CE Stirling Mortlock (Australia)
CE James Downey (Ireland)
CE Mike Tindall (England)
CE Tom May (England)
CE Luke McAlister (New Zealand)

WG Matt Banahan (England)
WG Chris Wyles (USA)
WG Lachie Turner (Australia)
WG Bruce Reihana (New Zealand)
WG Tom Williams (England)
WG Noah Cato (England)

FB Mike Brown (England)
FB Nick Macleod (Wales)
FB Geordan Murphy (Ireland)

Academy Squad (10/20)
Forwards

LK Calum Green (academy)
LK Peter Elder (academy)
FL Sam Northcoate-Green (academy)
FL Alex Fan (academy)
N8 Billy Vunipola (academy)
N8 David Francis (academy)

Backs

SH Jonah Holmes (acdamey)
FH Will Fulton (academy)
CE Will East (academy)

I dont know mate Slipper hasnt had the best year be very reluctant to put him in the deal.

If I make it Kruger and Sykes for Faure, Nieto, Hamilton, hooper, Murphy, Catt on loan for the world cup and 3m will you deal?

Id also give you first shout on a loan for Catt after the world cup? Likely to loan him out depending on how things go at the world cup for the rest of the season

Arry mate needs to be Kruger for me sorry. i know your reluctant to let him go after just getting him but your gaining a better scrummaging TH as well as a LH who has played with him for the last 2 years in this game so no settling in hits for your predos when the season starts. You will have a serious scrummaging unit available all year. Im taking a really big hit on this deal doubt you will get an offer like this again.

If I make it 5m and the Catt loan till Christmas will you deal on that? Very best offer you will ever get

Fair enough mate have a good think on it

Arry

I know you have said he's not for sale before, but everyone has a price and I am really interested in Tom Johnson.

Sorry mate needs to be Kruger or im at a serious loss on this deal il make it 10m cash or no cash and catt on loan for the entire season with no call back but that is the best i can offer mate without seriously weakening myself

You drive a hard bargain Arry my boy!!
Is it all right to confirm with the deal going through after this weekends games as we both have our sides named?

Your a cute whore
Think thats one of the first deals we have ever done mate?

Not interested in French , Reihanna has retired mate.

Hamilton and Murphy are good players mate but neither are English qualified.

My interest in Mitchell grows smaller as time goes by mate as the longer he is injured and ratings will drop the longer he is.

Have to agree mate. Depth has always been an issue for you since I joined the game. Definately getting there now though!

I have Julien Salvi still if your looking for an OS mate. Do him in a deal for Mafi now your flush for depth at lock!

Schofield?

You've got loads of locks lol....DWS, Hooper, Chisolm.

Yea go on then, stick on confirms

Arry what would you want for Hooper and Murphy?

Hey mate would you do Lipman for Johnson? I need a BS and you an OS. Both similar quality and EQ

Mate, what sort of standard of players are you after. If you are looking for back up players for depth and to cover you during the WC then I could do you Scaysbrook and So'oialo as a 7 and 8 who won't cost you the earth.

Let me know.

What for Tom May and James Downey?

Just looking through your squad mate, depth looks much better across the board, nice one. Just need to make sure you have World Cup cover, and maybe 1 big name signing and I think you should be alright this season.

Don't have a starting openside that I can lose mate, but like I say, So'oialo is available as a back up 8 if you are interested.

No worries

Am interested in Nieto mate, what do you want for him?

Don't think you could go big enough mate, sorry.

I'd need equivalents, so Haskell, Johnson etc.

In those positions the only players I can let go are Scaysbrook, So'oialo and as much as it pains me to do it, Mapusua.

Not overly mate.

Happy with the shape of my squad really, would only be looking to tweak.

Maps is a Legend mate, one of the best players to ever wear a London Irish shirt. Gutted he has left, he has been huge for us in his time at the club. Proper gent as well, alwys made time to chat with the fans.

Think your back row options are fine - i'd look to add a top FH to your squad if you can

Kind of agree with Luke, you have good back row players and you would probably be better with looking for a top 10 to spark your backline.

I walked into that.

Would need huge offer for Farrell mate. Already a very good player and very mature for his age, he will just get better and better and better and could well be a superstar.

Also my only English 10, so like I say, would need massive which I'm not convinced you are ready to offer.

Do you have a foreign left? If you do you should give serious consideration to Elton Jantjes.

brown or morgan interest me for powell

What for Nieto mate?

I am interested in nieto also. You have a lot of tightheads

I'll leave it mate, guess he's your WC TH...?

Depends on what areas you are interested in really mate - what players of mine are you interested in?

Qera for nieto. That works for both of us you get a top 7/6 and I get a good th.

What do you think. Getting internal flight in 40 minutes and will be flying fr 5 hours so will respond then

they are all key players for me mate - couldnt lose Giteau, Gill star of future etc.

I would imagine Murphy is your third choice 15? So lets go for players of similar level and I;d be happy to do a deal, even if its two players for one to improve your depth agian.

what for brown or morgan?

powell for morgan?

Haskell and gain (y)

Could do Luke Eves / Shane Geraghty, Dan Caprice (great for your academy) plus £5m for Murphy?

you enquired about him the other day!
powell + ??? for morgan?

cant do that mate, think tait being at leicester will make him a better f/b than morgan.

steff nfs
no worries mate

cash or someone like betsen, hewat, possibly maddock.

Arry these are they players that I'm considering letting go, any of interest?

PR Dave Wilson (E) (1 or 3)
PR Sakaria Taulafo (Samoa) (3)
PR Nic Mayhew (E)
PR Calum Black (Ireland/USA) (1)
PR Mike MacDonald (USA) (1)
FL Sione Kalamafoni (Tonga)
FL Liam Messam (NZ)
FL/N8 Luke Watson (South Africa)
N8 Ryan Kankowski (South Africa)
SH Charlie Davies (E)
FH Myles Dorrian (Australia)
CE/FB Shane Geraghty (E)
CE Willie Mason (Aus)
CE James Tincknell (E) (still academy)
CE Luke Eves (E)
CE Casey Laulala (NZ)
WG Julian Savea (NZ)
FB/FH Christian Lewis-Pratt

None of them players are going anywhere Arry , I'm marginally interested in Tom May but not willing to pay big for him and by big i mean the likes of Fearns , Skivington and Myler along with a few other players.

What for Murphy?

Without involving Myler , Skivs , Fearns and Hudson lol

I've posted the list of players I have available on main page mate - if anyone interests you let me know

Would probably do those two for Mitchell and Murphy?

Arry I have no idea who you are prepared to sell or do deals with