Wasps hope George Smith will be influence on and off field
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Since their financial future was assured by a move to the Ricoh Arena, Wasps’ movements in the transfer market have been monitored with interest to see whether they would make a big-name signing as a statement of intent.
A big name duly arrived yesterday in the form of George Smith, the veteran former Australia flanker, recruited from Lyons.
Even the signing of Smith, one of the game’s great breakdown forwards, though, reinforces the impression that Dai Young, the Wasps director of rugby, is content to build steadily towards the longer term rather than rush for a short-term fix.
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A big name duly arrived yesterday in the form of George Smith, the veteran former Australia flanker, recruited from Lyons.
Even the signing of Smith, one of the game’s great breakdown forwards, though, reinforces the impression that Dai Young, the Wasps director of rugby, is content to build steadily towards the longer term rather than rush for a short-term fix.
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