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Trainer : Ian McGeechan

Captain : Lawrence Dallaglio

 H-Cup course : 2004-2005 :  8th participation. One title in 2003-2004.

Qualified as Champion of England

Stadium : Causeway Stadium - 10,200 places.

   CAUSEWAY STADIUM

Commentary : London Wasps, triple Champions of England in title, lost Warren Gatland, their New-Zeland mentor during the interseason. To remplace him, dirigeants choose Ian McGeechan, an old rugby « guru »  Scottish and ex-trainer of the British Lions. Men come and go but the same  principles reside : the "Wasps" are above all renowned for the effectiveness of their game of their front men and their style quite physical  aimed at wearing down their opponents   by  passing around the royal third line and an exceptional opener  Alex King. A lot of players of very high level like Lewsey, Worsley, Dallaglio, Dawson, Ibanez,  the dynamics of victory and the confidence of a little modified group make  the Wasps one of the favourites of the competition. For their eighth participation (of 9 possible) in the European cup,  Wasps will try to forget their premature eliminations by Biarritz and Leicester  last time. It will be interesting to follow the double confrontation with the Toulouse Stade because before adding something to their prize list which has been known, for a long time, the London team  owed their notoriety this side of the channel to their enormes succes (77-17 !) over Toulouse during the matches of groups of the edition 1996-1997 of the european cup. Without mentioning the great end of the final 2003-2004 versus the Stade Toulousain.

Winner : 2004,

Winner : 2003,

		ALL  THE  PLAYERS  OF  THE  TEAM Joueurs Poste Nationalité Âge Mensurations Abbott Stuart Centre 27 ans 90 kg 1 m 83 Barrett Johnny Talonneur 26 ans 104 kg 1 m 80 Baxter Neil Ailier 23 ans 88 kg 1 m 88 Birkett Richard Deuxième ligne 26 ans 109 kg 1 m 93 Bracken Peter Pilier 28 ans 118 kg 1 m 88 Brooks James Demi d'ouverture 25 ans 83 kg 1 m 78 Corker Matt Troisième ligne 23 ans 111 kg 1 m 98 Dallaglio Lawrence Troisième ligne 33 ans 104 kg 1 m 93 Dawson Matt Demi de mêlée 33 ans 86 kg 1 m 77 Dawson Jon Pilier 25 ans 118 kg 1 m 80 Erinle Ayoola Centre 25 ans 110 kg 1 m 90 Foster Tim Troisième ligne 23 ans 100 kg 1 m 91 Fury Warren Demi de mêlée 20 ans 83 kg 1 m 82 Gotting Ben Talonneur 24 ans 107 kg 1 m 85 Hart John Troisième ligne 23 ans 112 kg 1 m 95 Haskell James Troisième ligne 20 ans 111 kg 1 m 93 Hoadley Rob Centre 25 ans 89 kg 1 m 85 Ibanez Raphaël Talonneur 32 ans 96 kg 1 m 80 King Alex Demi d'ouverture 31 ans 92 kg 1 m 82 Laird Rob Centre 23 ans 90 kg 1 m 83 Lewsey Josh Ailier 29 ans 84 kg 1 m 80 Lock Mark Troisième ligne 26 ans 104 kg 1 m 88 McKenzie Alistair Pilier 24 ans 118 kg 1 m 90 Nwume Henry Pilier 29 ans 126 kg 1 m 90 O'Connor Johnny Troisième ligne 25 ans 100 kg 1 m 80 Payne Tim Pilier 26 ans 116 kg 1 m 85 Purdy Martin Deuxième ligne 24 ans 112 kg 2 m Reddan Eoin Demi de mêlée 25 ans 80 kg 1 m 70 Rees Tom Troisième ligne 21 ans 97 kg 1 m 80 Sackey Paul Ailier 26 ans 87 kg 1 m 86 Shaw Simon Deuxième ligne 32 ans 118 kg 2 m 05 Skivington George Deuxième ligne 23 ans 110 kg 2 m Staunton Jeremy Demi d'ouverture 25 ans 96 kg 1 m 85 Thrower Edd Arrière 23 ans 94 kg 1 m 82 Va'a Justin Pilier 27 ans 135 kg 1 m 81 Van Gisbergen Mark Arrière 28 ans 89 kg 1 m 80 Voyce Tom Ailier 25 ans 84 kg 1 m 85 Ward Joe Talonneur 25 ans 112 kg 1 m 83 Waters Fraser Centre 29 ans 94 kg 1 m 83 Webber Robert Talonneur 19 ans 105 kg 1 m 80 Worsley Joe Troisième ligne 28 ans 110 kg 1 m 98                                                                                                                                                                 Dallaglio Lawrence who is jumping   The team after their victory of the championship of England
		Record of the team The biggest victory 77-17  Wasps-Stade Toulousain  (1996/1997  - Heineken Cup)   The biggest defeat 59-21  Newcastle-Wasps  (2000/2001  - Zurich Championship)                                                          Statistiques 1987-2006 Match played 401   Won 261 65.08 % Lose 126 31.42 % Draw 14 3.49 %   Points   For  10270 25.61/matches Against 7577 18.89/matches