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Former England and Wasps winger Christian Wade scored a sensational 65-yard touchdown for the Buffalo Bills in his NFL debut on Thursday night. Wade left a successful career in rugby aged 27, to pursue a dream of making in the NFL and made quite the impact on his debut scoring a superb touchdown with his first touch of the game. …

Wasps have confirmed that Elliot Daly will leave the club at the end of the season.  Daly has made 188 appearances for Wasps scoring 404 points for the club and he triggered a release clause in his contract according to Director of Rugby Dai Young. “Elliot triggered a release clause in his contract and despite our best efforts to keep him …

New Zealand international prop Jeff Toomaga-Allen will be joining Wasps from Super Rugby’s Hurricanes next season, the Premiership club announced on Thursday. Toomaga-Allen is the second All Black signed by Wasps this week following their announcement on Wednesday that centre Malakai Fekitoa will join them from Top 14 side Toulon next season. “To bring someone of Jeff’s calibre to the …

Leinster have confirmed that Johnny Sexton has been ruled out of the province’s final Champions Cup clash with Wasps at the Ricoh Arena on Sunday.  The eastern province provided an injury update at their media briefing today and they confirmed that Sexton is “continuing to rehab a tendon issue in his knee” and “will not be involved this weekend”. Luke …

Bristol Bears have announced that they have signed England international back-row Nathan Hughes ahead of the 2019/20 season.  Hughes has signed a three-year deal which will keep him with his new club until the end of the 2021/22 season. “It’s tremendous to secure Nathan’s signing and to see how excited he is about coming to Bristol and helping us realise …

Bath boss Todd Blackadder believes Taulupe Faletau is on course to take his place in the Wales squad for the Six Nations Championship. The British and Irish Lions back-row put 13 weeks on the sidelines with a broken arm behind him during a barnstorming return in an 18-16 win over Wasps in the European Champions Cup on Saturday. It was …

Harlequins have given Dave Ward a one-game ban for stamping but cleared the hooker of spitting at an opponent, the London club announced Sunday. The incident that led to Ward’s suspension took place in the 11th minute of Quins’ 20-13 English Premiership win over Wasps on Saturday. Ward appeared to spit in the direction of Thomas Young before stepping on …

It has been an incredible first half at the Stade Ernest-Wallon where Wasps trailed Toulouse by 22-20.  Five tries were scored in the first half as both these teams went blow for blow in the hope of securing the win. The French side, who have already claimed a scalp by beating reigning champions Leinster in this competition this season, took …

Alex Lozowski showed little mercy to his former side Wasps on Saturday contributing 19 points in Premiership champions Saracens 29-6 victory. Lozowski’s points haul included converting the only two tries of the contest — by England hooker Jamie George and lock Nick Isiekwe — which stretched the Saracens Premiership win streak to nine matches this term and 16 in all …

Wasps winger, Christian Wade has announced his retirement from rugby with immediate effect amid reports that he is pursuing a move to the NFL. In a statement the club said that they were “disappointed” with the news, adding that “numerous discussions” were held to try and convince the player to stay. ? Club Statement – Christian Wade ➡️ https://t.co/xQIQ20GClg pic.twitter.com/RvHemMkxBs …

Leinster 52 Wasps 3  Sean McMahon reports from the RDS Storm Callum may have failed to deliver the damage across the country which many feared it would and after 39 minutes of tonight’s Heineken Champions Cup opener at the RDS, the sold-out crowd were wondering why there was an absence of a different kind of damage, in this case, the …

Newcastle Falcons‘ flying Samoan winger Sinoti Sinoti produced a stunning piece of skill which resulted in a crucial try for his side in their Friday night clash with Wasps at Kingston Park.  The 33-year-old picked the ball up on the wing before produced a dizzying side step which left Marcus Watson on his backside. He then powered through the tackle …

Leicester Tigers will be without the services of Will Spencer for the next month after a ban was issued to the player. The lock was given a red card during the Tigers’ defeat to Wasps at the weekend for a challenge that was deemed a ‘dangerous tackle’ on Tommy Taylor. Having appeared before an independent disciplinary panel, Spencer was given …

Wasps’ Ashley Johnson has received a suspension for testing positive for Hydrochlorothiazide.  Following the decision of an independent national anti-doping panel, Johnson has been suspended from all sporting activity for six months. Johnson tested positive for the presence of a specified substance, hydrochlorothiazide (S5 Diuretics and Masking Agents), following an out-of-competition test at the Premiership club. The South African’s urine sample …

Saracens have produced a blistering start to their Aviva Premiership semi-final against Wasps at Allianz Park.   Mark McCall’s side registered a try just after two minutes when Alex Lozowski touched down under the posts but most of the credit must go to Owen Farrell who should some great awareness to cut right through the heart of the Wasps defence. Farrell …

Saturday sees the Premiership semi-finals take place and we’re set for two mouth-watering encounters.  First up, Saracens host Wasps at Allianz Park (KO 12:30) before the later clash of the Exeter Chiefs and Newcastle Falcons (KO 15:30). Here we take a look at the matchday 23s for each side and predict who will contest the Twickenham final next weekend, with …

Sam Jones confirmed his retirement from rugby at the tender age of 26 at the end of March due to an injury he picked up at England training camp. Jones suffered the injury in England camp at the beginning of the 2017/17 season, just one day after he played for Wasps in a one-sided victory over Harlequins on October 2, 2016. …