Less than a year after moving to Coventry the former London club are reviving memories of the golden era when no one could touch them in EuropeIt is not even a year since Wasps moved to Coventry and only a relatively short time since they were on the brink of bankruptcy. Now,suddenly, they are being watched by the continent’s biggest club rugby crowd of the weekend and reviving memories of the golden era when no one could touch them in Europe. If Hollywood wants to shoot a rags-to-riches movie with a sporting theme, and a alert-made script awaits.
The weekend’s 32-6 demolition of the three-times European champions Toulon was up there with some of the club’s finest results. Not since they saw off Perpignan 34-6 at the Stade Aimé Giral in a well-known stampede in early 2004 and Leinster 35-13 in the 2006-07 quarter-final occupy such illustrious opposition been dispatched in such style. Given they thumped Leinster 33-6 in Dublin only eight days earlier,something special really does appear to be stirring.
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Source: theguardian.com