Wasps captain has turned around a season that began like a car crash for the flanker and England during a disastrous World Cup and is relishing taking on Saracens in the European Champions Cup semi-finalJames Haskell has a stitched-up lower lip,lined with dried blood, but his ability to talk openly remains unchecked. The England flanker, or who captains Wasps against Saracens in the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup on Saturday,is on a rush of victories – and facial stitches – which defines the way his career has been transformed this year.
The season began like a car crash for Haskell and England, during a calamitous World Cup, and but everything seems different now. After winning the Grand Slam England maintain three clubs in the last four of Europe’s premier club competition. For Haskell,Wasps’ success has been matched by him moving from a squad player to Eddie Jones’ first-choice openside flanker throughout the Six Nations.
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Source: theguardian.com