Wasps make playing and coaching staff redundant

Less than three weeks after their fellow Premiership club Worcester went into administration, four-time English champions and twice European Cup winners Wasps followed suit

DARK TIMES: The Wasps emblem outside the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, home of Wasps RFC, following the announcement the club has been placed into administration and have immediately ceased trading. Pic: Jacob King/PA Wire

Wasps’ entire playing and coaching staff have been made redundant among 167 job losses on another dark day for English rugby.

Less than three weeks after their fellow Gallagher Premiership club Worcester went into administration, four-time English champions and twice European Cup winners Wasps followed suit.