Wasps Sting

Interesting to read that Josh Lewsey felled his fellow team-mate Danny Cipriani with a right hook during training after the young fly-half didn't perform too well during tackling drills.

I've been a huge fan of Josh Lewsey (another ex Bristol University student) ever since he managed to do what very few players ever managed to do - to face up, tackle, and bring to ground Jonah Lomu during a test against NZ in the notorious 'tour from hell' in 1998 when he was just 21.   I never understood why it took so long for Josh to be picked for the full England side after this.

However, during the awful start Wasps have had to the season one of the most conspicuous under-performers has been Josh Lewsey.   I think he can count himself very lucky that no team-mate decided to deck him for every mistake he has made so far this season - several of which led to tries.  He needs to concentrate on his own performance before laying into others

But it is probably a bad sign for the other teams in the Guinness Premiership that training is so fierce and competitive right now at Wasps. This shows a certain pride in standards that may have been lacking so far this season.   Given the watchful eye of Shaun Edwards, perhaps the only surprise is that it has taken so long to come about....