Tom West and Will Stuart awarded Wasps senior contracts

Wasps have confirmed that prop forwards Will Stuart and Tom West have been awarded senior contracts.

The academy products have both made their Premiership debuts during the course of the current season, while Stuart also appeared from the bench and claimed a close-range try in the closing stages of the European Champions Cup home win over La Rochelle.

Director of Rugby Dai Young said:

“We’ve made no secret of how important it is for us to produce quality players from our academy.

“Given the nature of the salary cap, home-grown talent is essential to every club’s success, and now we are firmly established in the Midlands this is a key objective for us.

“It is therefore really pleasing to see Will and Tom graduate through our age-group teams and the senior academy to the senior squad..."

Both players are products of Radley College, who went on to represent England at under 20 level where they joined clubmate Jack Willis as part of the 2016 World Cup winning squad.