I found that interesting (it's a quiet day at work) so bobbed on to the Wasps site for a quick shufty, couldn't find any critical comment only a couple of questions asking how he was doing. Please post a link.

According to this www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 8,11193157 it seems as if the wasps coaches have questioned his level of fitness. Fans aren't having a go but it may, in part, explain his absence from the team.

According to this www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 8,11193157 it seems as if the wasps coaches have questioned his level of fitness. Fans aren't having a go but it may, in part, explain his absence from the team.

kick and clap questioning the fitness of a league player as got to be a joke

Do you think they've realised he's coming off the back of a short pre-season after the WC and a Full SL season with only a couple of weeks rest???

Quote Clearwing="Clearwing"According to this www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 8,11193157 it seems as if the wasps coaches have questioned his level of fitness. Fans aren't having a go but it may, in part, explain his absence from the team.'" It's a different kind of fitness. As a back in RU you have to be able to swing your arms around a lot & blow constantly on your hands to keep warm, something he didn't need to do in RL.

Quote Clearwing="Clearwing"According to this www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 8,11193157 it seems as if the wasps coaches have questioned his level of fitness. Fans aren't having a go but it may, in part, explain his absence from the team.'" It's a different kind of fitness. As a back in RU you have to be able to swing your arms around a lot & blow constantly on your hands to keep warm, something he didn't need to do in RL.

I thought this was an odd signing for Wasps. They also signed Tom Varndel (already with England international experience), they have Walder playing well at 10 and are thinking of Cipriani at 15 (who for some reason they seem contractually obliged to play no matter how rubbish he is). They do seem to have a lot of backs in the squad, wheras they unloaded forwards. I can't see where Smith fits in. IMO he's already wayyy better than Cipriani, who only seems to be able to play behind the better pack, and who can't goalkick for toffee (oooh, when will he get his confidence back? Kelly Brooke has ensured he's marketable for another few years without ever putting in a decent rugby display, so Lee better get himself a celebrity bird asap).



And yes, I'm back from my yearly wonderful 2 weeks of torture in the US equivalent of Slough.

Indeed



Remember how Widnes put Jonathon Davies in their A-Team for about half-a-season before unleashing him on the league ?



T'was only the Leeds of old that spend big money on a cross code player and then throw him straight in, only to see that player washed up and battered 9 months later his confidence shot to pieces.

Quote Clearwing="Clearwing"According to this www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 8,11193157 it seems as if the wasps coaches have questioned his level of fitness. Fans aren't having a go but it may, in part, explain his absence from the team.'" Jesus, he must have let himself go, if he's not fit enough to play Rugby Union

Quote Clearwing="Clearwing"According to this www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 8,11193157 it seems as if the wasps coaches have questioned his level of fitness. Fans aren't having a go but it may, in part, explain his absence from the team.'" Jesus, he must have let himself go, if he's not fit enough to play Rugby Union

Lets hope he does sign for Wigan, a big loss to RL as he is a natural try scorer with a bit of in him which I like in a player.

Good enough to make 17 saints his bitches for three years on the trot though. Then again you can say the same thing of the entire Rhinos squad. HTH

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