A joy to behold as a new star is born

SPORTING excellence can be found in the most unlikely of places but few can be as incongruous as a soulless industrial estate on the outskirts of High Wycombe, a town in South Buckinghamshire 30 miles west-north-west of London.

Just like those low budget airlines that promise to deliver you to your required European destination but land in the back end of nowhere, this is where you will find the home of the ‘London’ Wasps, reigning European champions.

Stadiums, of course, can be stumbled upon in all sorts of strange places. European visitors to these shores are frequently taken aback by the sight of Croke Park, like many an Irish and British venue, hemmed in on all sides by 19th century terraced housing.