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Wasps follow Worcester in suspension from Gallagher Premiership
The four-time Premiership champions also face a “likely” move into administration and had already withdrawn from Saturday’s scheduled league fixture against Exeter at Sandy Park.

Wed, 12 Oct, 2022

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Premiership giants Wasps 'likely' to enter administration
Wasps have withdrawn from Saturday’s Gallagher Premiership game against Exeter and say it is 'likely' they will enter into administration 'in the coming days'

Wed, 12 Oct, 2022

Wasps v Saracens - Premiership Rugby Cup - Coventry Building Society Arena
Wasps buy more time as talks with investors ‘at relatively advanced stage’
A statement issued by Wasps Holdings Limited revealed that talks are at “a relatively advanced stage” with possible investors in the face of a winding up order from HM Revenue and Customs for £2million in unpaid tax.

Tue, 04 Oct, 2022

Wasp on a drink can
Juanita Browne: There’s a wasp in my drink, what should I do?
Why do they do that and what can I do about it?

Tue, 06 Sep, 2022

Juanita Browne: I found a wasp nest — does it need to be destroyed immediately?
Juanita Browne: I found a wasp nest — does it need to be destroyed immediately?
It might actually not be so bad having some wasps as temporary neighbours

Tue, 23 Aug, 2022

Exeter v Wasps - Aviva Premiership - Sandy Park
Wasps boss Lee Blackett in dark about potential return for Christian Wade
Wade departed the Ricoh Arena for the NFL in 2018 but the move has not worked out and the 30-year-old has been released by the Buffalo Bills.

Tue, 10 May, 2022

Overkill: Flamethrower drone incinerates wasp nests in China
Overkill: Flamethrower drone incinerates wasp nests in China
A drone has been converted into a flying flamethrower in a fiery campaign to eradicate more than 100 wasp nests in a central China village.

Sat, 12 Dec, 2020

Wasps v Northampton Saints - Aviva Premiership - Ricoh Arena
Wasps given all-clear to play in Premiership final following coronavirus cases
Wasps have been given the all-clear to take their place in Saturday’s Gallagher Premiership final against Exeter. Seven Wasps players and four backroom staff had been diagnosed with coronavirus, before further tests were undertaken on Tuesday.

Wed, 21 Oct, 2020

Wasps v London Irish - Gallagher Premiership - Ricoh Arena
Wasps’ Premiership final place in doubt after four more positive Covid-19 tests
Wasps have produced four more positive tests for coronavirus to place further doubt on their participation in Saturday’s Gallagher Premiership final against Exeter.

Mon, 19 Oct, 2020

Wasps v London Irish - Gallagher Premiership - Ricoh Arena
Wasps cancel training as Covid-19 outbreak leaves Premiership final in doubt
Four players and three members of backroom staff have produced positive results during the latest round of coronavirus testing undertaken on Tuesday

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Angry wasps help German police catch fugitive in 'sting' operation
Angry wasps help German police catch fugitive in 'sting' operation

A fugitive in Germany has been nabbed thanks to the help of angry wasps.

Mon, 12 Aug, 2019

Sexton backed to face England in Six Nations opener
Sexton backed to face England in Six Nations opener

Johnny Sexton has been backed to start against England in next month’s Six Nations opener – despite not playing a game this year.

Tue, 22 Jan, 2019

Danny Cipriani banned for three weeks following red card against Munster
Danny Cipriani banned for three weeks following red card against Munster

The Gloucester and England international fly-half appeared before an independent disciplinary committee in Paris on Wednesday

Wed, 24 Oct, 2018

Leo Cullen delighted with Leinster's ruthless streak after Wasps trouncing
Leo Cullen delighted with Leinster's ruthless streak after Wasps trouncing

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen was delighted to see his side making every point count in their 52-3 demolition of Wasps on the opening night of the Heineken Champions Cup at the RDS.

Sat, 13 Oct, 2018

Leinster open European defence with eight-try salvo
Leinster open European defence with eight-try salvo

Leinster have put back-to-back European titles together before and the province served early notice of their hunger to do so again with a pulverising eight-try destruction of Wasps at a packed RDS in Ballsbridge.

Fri, 12 Oct, 2018

All Blacks’ loss is Wasps’ gain as summer signing Lima Sopoaga soars
All Blacks’ loss is Wasps’ gain as summer signing Lima Sopoaga soars

Simon Collings All Blacks’ loss is Wasps’ gain as Sopoaga soars

Fri, 12 Oct, 2018

Ulster swat Wasps at Kingspan
Ulster swat Wasps at Kingspan
The European fear factor of the Kingspan Stadium may not be as severe as the once Fortress Ravenhill, but it nevertheless helped carry Ulster over the line against a stuttering Wasps side as Ulster got their Champions Cup Pool 1 campaign off to a winning start last night.

Sat, 14 Oct, 2017

Leinster take show on the road after victory against Wasps
Leinster take show on the road after victory against Wasps

Leinster 32 Wasps 17

Mon, 03 Apr, 2017

Wasps boss: ‘We're not going to turn this into a Danny Cipriani versus Johnny Sexton competition’
Wasps boss: ‘We're not going to turn this into a Danny Cipriani versus Johnny Sexton competition’

Cipriani will not fall prey to a British and Irish Lions selection sideshow showdown on Saturday.

Tue, 28 Mar, 2017

Leinster coach Lancaster says Wasps are better than last year
Leinster coach Lancaster says Wasps are better than last year
Stuart Lancaster is emphatic when he declares that the Wasps team facing Leinster in Saturday’s Champions Cup quarter-final are a better outfit than the one that hit the province for 84 points and nine tries last season.

Tue, 28 Mar, 2017

Strength in numbers of clustering bees
Strength in numbers of clustering bees

 

Sat, 29 Oct, 2016

Superb last-gasp try means Connacht’s Pool 2 rivals draw
Superb last-gasp try means Connacht’s Pool 2 rivals draw

Nathan Hughes scored a dramatic last-gasp try with less than two minutes remaining.

Sun, 23 Oct, 2016

Wasps enjoy resounding 12-try victory against Zebre
Wasps enjoy resounding 12-try victory against Zebre

Wasps made an impressive start to their Champions Cup campaign with a12-try thrashing of Zebre at the Ricoh Arena.

Sat, 15 Oct, 2016

Watch out it’s wazzie time!
Watch out it’s wazzie time!

 

Sat, 10 Sep, 2016

Marty Moore hoping Wasps switch won’t affect his Ireland chances
Marty Moore hoping Wasps switch won’t affect his Ireland chances

The 25-year-old tighthead is finally fit after six months battling hamstring trouble.

Mon, 29 Aug, 2016

Dai Young: Premiership move won’t harm Marty Moore’s Ireland career
Dai Young: Premiership move won’t harm Marty Moore’s Ireland career
Marty Moore will not harm his Test career with Ireland by moving to Aviva Premiership club Wasps next term, according to Dai Young.

Wed, 27 Jan, 2016

Wasps ‘gutted’ as late Drew Mitchell try extends Toulon’s run
Wasps ‘gutted’ as late Drew Mitchell try extends Toulon’s run

Champions Cup

Mon, 18 Jan, 2016

Wasps v Bath Rugby - European Champions Cup - Pool Five - Ricoh Arena
WATCH: George Ford’s touchline conversion gives Bath last-gasp victory

Ford nailed the game’s final kick in front of watching England head coach Eddie Jones.

Sun, 13 Dec, 2015

WATCH: Wasps leave a mark by stunning champions Toulon
WATCH: Wasps leave a mark by stunning champions Toulon

Wasps produced a statement bonus-point victory to stun reigning three-time winners Toulon.

Sun, 22 Nov, 2015

‘Different’ Leinster wary of Wasps sting in Europe
‘Different’ Leinster wary of Wasps sting in Europe
Eoin Reddan has often spoken of the dangers faced by the provinces in the first round of European fare, especially when the opposition happens to be English.

Mon, 09 Nov, 2015

Butterflies 'steal' genes of parasitic wasps to help them survive
Butterflies 'steal' genes of parasitic wasps to help them survive

Some butterflies and moths have genetically modified themselves by “stealing” the genes of parasitic wasps, scientists have discovered.

Thu, 17 Sep, 2015

Leinster face daunting task in Europe’s ‘Pool of Death’
Leinster face daunting task in Europe’s ‘Pool of Death’

Leinster’s failure to make the Guinness Pro12 play-offs was always likely to hurt them come yesterday’s European Champions Cup draw and so it proved, with the three-time winners being landed in a pool alongside triple champions Toulon, English runners-up Bath and Wasps.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2015

George North knocked out cold; Twitter argues over red card
George North knocked out cold; Twitter argues over red card

George North was knocked out for the third time in two months on the rugby field last night in an incident which resulted in a controversial red card for Wasps' Nathan Hughes.

Sat, 28 Mar, 2015

Leinster have enough class to get the job done
Leinster have enough class to get the job done

It’s been so long since Wasps carried a truly venomous sting in their tail it seems slightly surreal to recall the soon-to-be Coventry club remain the last English winners of European rugby’s biggest prize.

Sat, 18 Oct, 2014

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