Wasps RFC
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Sep 12, 2026
Jack FleckneyGUEST
I did have the opportunity to play at a higher level.
Jack FleckneyGUEST
I did go and play for a team called London Wasps.
Jack FleckneyGUEST
We moved down to London and played there on a contract for two years.
Jack FleckneyGUEST
They were in the premiership as well, but I was in their youth set-up.
Andy DunneHOST
So I had that exposure in London and just first game, was televised on Sky Sports.
Andy DunneHOST
We played a Wasps team.
Andy DunneHOST
It sounds like a boast.
Andy DunneHOST
It isn't when I explain it contextually.
JamesHOST
But he hasn't played at 10 for quite a few years.
JamesHOST
He used to play at 10 for Wasps quite regularly.
JamesHOST
When he first moved to Saracens, he, he used to slot in there quite a lot, um, for Faz.
JamesHOST
But of course, Saracens has got quite a lot of depth at 10 now, and he hasn't, he never, he didn't cover the last, at least last three seasons really at, at 10.
Dan Ward-SmithGUEST
Definitely hungrier.
Dan Ward-SmithGUEST
I remember playing Wasps and, you know, like you're playing against Delali or whatever, and you are so keen.
Dan Ward-SmithGUEST
I mean, he doesn't care about playing against Dan Wardsmith at that stage.
Dan Ward-SmithGUEST
He's... gee, he's got to roll out and play against these guys.
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Dan Ward-SmithGUEST
So then it's kind of, I can't actually remember who else.
PaulHOST
So I think there was a little bit of talk, I think.
PaulHOST
Was it Tom Rees was at Wasps at the time, potentially? Yeah,
Dan Ward-SmithGUEST
Tom's a seven, Joe's a six.
David HaigGUEST
He's about 6'8", 6'9".
David HaigGUEST
Is he that tall? And Sandy played for Wasps, another very eminent team.
David HaigGUEST
You know, they were...
David HaigGUEST
Which is why in the sort of the night in the stage play where Eisenhower, Kay and Stagg spend the last night waiting together, just talking, the range of their conversation is mortality to the rules of rugby union compared with American football.
Craig WhiteHOST
You worked with Clive Woodward for a few years, with England men in the pivotal years.
Craig WhiteHOST
London Wasps head coach and assistant coach at different times.
Craig WhiteHOST
You've coached the Chiefs in New Zealand.
Craig WhiteHOST
You coached New Zealand All Blacks when you were 37, was you?
Craig WhiteHOST
Pretty young, mate, compared to these days and the coaches that get those jobs.
Craig WhiteHOST
You've coached the Western Force, Golden Lions, the Lions in Super Rugby, which was a significant period in your life, which we'll get into.
Craig WhiteHOST
back to Shark, director of rugby, USA Eagles, the Blue Bulls, back to England, men with Eddie Jones, Wasps again.
Craig WhiteHOST
I bumped into you at the World Cup when you were the defence coach for Japan and I was consulting for Chile Rugby.
Lawrence DallaglioGUEST
My sister died in '89.
Lawrence DallaglioGUEST
I joined Wasps in 1990.
Lawrence DallaglioGUEST
Um, and that's exactly what I got, and rugby became a, uh...
Lawrence DallaglioGUEST
No one asked any questions about my past, about my sister, about anything.
Lawrence DallaglioGUEST
Um, you know, in many ways, whilst it's regarded as a white middle class independent school sport, it's actually very, um, uh, it's very different, rugby.
Lawrence DallaglioGUEST
It, it celebrates difference and, you know, doesn't matter what size, shape, what color of your skin is, you know, there's no, there's no rules in rugby in that sense.
Lawrence DallaglioGUEST
So, you know, R- Wasps became my family, really, and my mum started to come and watch me, and my dad started to come and watch me, and, and it brought us back together.
Lawrence DallaglioGUEST
So yeah, in many ways, obviously, I would never have wanted what happened to my sister to have ever happened, but it definitely shaped my life in a very different direction because, um, I used that childhood trauma, if you like.
Chris AshtonPANELIST
Yeah.
Chris JonesHOST
You mean sort of like a, like it olden days when Kurtley Beale or Willy Le Roux joined Wasps.
Chris AshtonPANELIST
Well, you don't even need to go back that far, do you? Pollard at, uh, Pollard at Tigers.
Chris AshtonPANELIST
Finn Russell going to Bath.
Chris JonesHOST
... with Tulou.
Chris AshtonPANELIST
Yeah, that was different, wasn't it?
Chris JonesHOST
Um, I mean, Charles Piutau we knew was a superstar from his, his, his Wasps days.
Chris JonesHOST
I think it's obviously a big decision these clubs make.
Robbie OwenHOST
Yeah.
Robbie OwenHOST
I remember seeing him playing for Gloss's Academy and just wishing he would get to play against Tom Cruise, the hooker who played for Wasps.
Robbie OwenHOST
But we never got the Ethan Hunt versus Tom Cruise battle.
James ReesHOST
Yeah.
Will CraneGUEST
the coach, the coaches look after us.
Will CraneGUEST
So we've got Ashley Johnson as our, old, you know, ex-Wasps player as our defense coach, so he's all about bash and crash, being a South African.
Will CraneGUEST
But they do look after us.
Will CraneGUEST
Obviously, you've got your different levels, one, two, and three.
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