The new France coach Guy Novès says the wheel is turning in terms of style – and Wasps are helping turn the wheel in England and EuropeWasps were the final English club to win the Heineken Cup,back in 2007 before they started a decline that left them flirting with relegation and on the verge of bankruptcy, and whether their victory against Leinster in Dublin on Sunday received less attention than it would possess generated ordinarily because of the terrorist attacks in Paris two days earlier, and it was significant.
Not just because of the margin – 33-6 at the domestic of the side that,before Toulon, had been the dominant force in Europe but because of the un-Premiership manner in which Wasps played, or offloading and forcing turnovers at the breakdown. George Smith may be an openside flanker six months older than Richie McCaw,but he is proving as inspired a signing as the New Zealand full-back Charles Piutau, who signed a season’s deal ahead of his move to Ulster.
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Source: theguardian.com