Flanker has won all the individual honours this season to put himself firmly in
England contention and with a title in sight
There are three main reasons why a depleted Wasps still believe they can surprise the newly-minted European champions Exeter in this year’s Premiership final. The first is the fine run of form that has seen them lose only one of their last 13 matches. Equally significant, they feel, is the squad’s collective bond, further tightened over the past week by the club’s disruptive Covid-19 issues.
And the third? Anyone predicting last
Christmas that a 23-year-old uncapped flanker from a club languishing in the league’s bottom three would scoop all of this season’s major individual honours would have been laughed out of the pub. Ten months later everyone knows about Jack Willis and English rugby has a bona fide new
shooting star.