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5 unusual facts about London Wasps


1996–97 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

In August 1996, media tycoon Chris Wright, a QPR fan for 20 years, bought the club and also stated his plans for London Wasps to distribute the stadium.

Damien Varley

Varley joined English club side London Wasps on a one-year contract on 26 September 2008, and scored a try for his new club less than a day later in a late win against Leicester Tigers.

Denniston Sutherland

Along with Jude Samuels (the head of talent relations for BAMMA), he trained the London Wasps rugby squad in grappling techniques from MMA that could help with the Wasps' games just two weeks before the 2012/2013 Aviva Premiership season.

Lifeimi Mafi

Their attacking play was epitomised by Tipoki's score against Wasps in Round 1 of the Heineken Cup at the Ricoh Arena, which was created by Mafi.

Matt Holloway

He is currently playing for London Wasps A in the United Kingdom after playing for Counties Manukau Steelers in the 2009 Air New Zealand Cup on loan from Southland who he played for in 2007 and 2008.


Alex Corbisiero

He joined the London Irish Academy in August 2005, making his professional club debut against London Wasps in the 2008 London Double Header.

Ben Gotting

Ben Gotting (born 15 February 1981 in Dubai, UAE) is a rugby union player for London Scottish, having previously represented Guinness Premiership clubs London Wasps and Worcester Warriors.

Ben Lewitt

He played over 70 games for the Saints, including the quarter-final and semi-final of Northampton Saints' 2006-07 Heineken Cup run which saw them beat Biarritz Olympique in the Quarter-Final in San Sebastian before losing the Semi-Final to previous winners London Wasps at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.

Don Rutherford

During his career he played for St Luke's College, RAF, Combined Services, Percy Park, Wasps and Northumberland.

Harlow rugby club

More recently, Harlow junior, Steven Pope, has represented London Wasps, Blackheath R.C., London Welsh and Swansea RFC rugby clubs and he has also represented England Divisions against South Africa.

Jonny May

His first taste of first team action came in the Heineken Cup when he replaced Charlie Sharples against Newport Gwent Dragons and just over a month later he made his first start against London Wasps in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.

London Weekly

Among many gaffes, the front page included a prominent misspelling of the name of cricketer Phil Tufnell and the launch edition's lead story was nearly identical to a press release that had issued earlier in the week by rugby club London Wasps.

Shane Roiser

Shane Roiser is a former rugby Union player with London Wasps whom he joined in 1994 from Rosslyn Park.

Swansea Uplands RFC

The first tour was undertaken in 1921 to London with victories over London Wasps and Streatham and the following season, Parkhurst and Saracens.

Trevor Leota

For two weeks prior to the 2004 Heineken Cup final, he was famously assigned a round-the-clock minder by the Wasps management, in order that he could be prevented from indulging his passion for buckets of KFC.

Wasps FC

The men's first team was split from Wasps FC at the turn of professionalism, for the 1996-97 season, to become Wasps RFC, owned by Chris Wright, and later became London Wasps in the summer of 1999.


see also

Mark Lock

Mark Lock (born 22 September 1979) was a rugby union footballer for Rosslyn Park Leeds and London wasps.