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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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So were intercepts but players (no doubt coached like Carios says above) started cutting out the classic draw and pass with no intent to catch the ball..
Go to commentsYep, same problem that has happened with Australia. I'm hoping this decision is separate from the review. I don't really know how big the welsh union is but I would have thought a head coach could get heavily involved in what type of player and rugby they were going to encourage in the country.
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