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Wasps admit they feel the need to rest Lions star Daly
By Peter Thompson
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young has confirmed Elliot Daly will miss the start of the Premiership season as he recovers from a demanding schedule.
Daly toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions after another influential campaign for Wasps and England.
Wasps host Sale Sharks in their first game of the Premiership season a week on Saturday, but Young has revealed that the versatile Daly will not feature for the time being.
"Everyone has to have five weeks off, whether they play club, international or whatever," he said.
"We think Elliot needs a rest, really, otherwise he is not going to last the season.
"He had a fantastic season last season, playing a lot of rugby for us as well as international rugby. You've got to look after the players.
"But it's easy for me to say that because we've only got one player [in that situation]. It could maybe be a different position if we had five or six."
Wasps were beaten by Exeter Chiefs in last season's play-off final.
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I'd rate the brothers Hendricks a point or two lower. Jaden has really not delivered on his early promise and Jordan's kicking at posts was quite erratic. Amongst other things.
I was really surprised that DuhDuh was replaced and not Jordan. DuhDuh had a great game and just underlined his class in a backline that was not firing on all cylinders.
Damian Willemse was missed. Hopefully he'll be back to full fitness and have an injury free 2025 (and '26 and '27 and so on until he decides to retire to spend time with his grandchildren).
RG was great. What an athlete.
Very happy that Hanekom made his debut at last. He gave a good account of himself and will hopefully grow into his role on the international stage.
All things considered, this was another frustrating Bok performance. Even though it was a comfortable win, it wasn't a commanding win. This Welsh team should've been put away by a far larger margin.
But I have faith in Dr Rassie. He knows more than I do. Bring on 2027 😁
Go to commentsGo the AB's .. Probs win by about 30 I reckon ... Cheers ..
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