22 Facts About London Wasps

London Wasps were, therefore, not present at the inauguration ceremony and thus forfeited their right to be called foundation members.

London Wasps went on to host Welsh internationals Vivian Jenkins and Harry Bowcott, in addition to this national representation, numerous London Wasps came to play for the England national side, such as Ted Woodward, Bob Stirling, Richard Sharp and Don Rutherford.

London Wasps were defeated by Bath in a close game, where Bath emerged as winners, 25 points to 17.

The following year London Wasps continued their success in the knock-out competition and they again met Bath in the final.

London Wasps recruited several other leading Wasps, including, most notably, Club Captain Dean Ryan.

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The club split into two parts, with the professional side becoming part of Loftus Road Holdings PLC, who owned Queens Park Rangers FC One element of the deal saw London Wasps move from their traditional Sudbury home to share QPR's Loftus Road stadium.

London Wasps has largely been credited with creating Wasps' famous Blitz Defence that stops teams and is the basis for Wasps' own scoring chances.

London Wasps agreed to move out of Queens Park Rangers' Loftus Road stadiumto allow Fulham FC to rent for 2 seasons between 2002 and 2004, while their ground, Craven Cottage, was redeveloped.

London Wasps followed up the win the following week, again at Twickenham, by beating Bath to retain the title of England's champion side, and complete a double.

London Wasps went through the season well, after the cup glitch, and retained the English title for a second time, by beating Leicester Tigers in the final at Twickenham.

Edwards was not a totally happy man as London Wasps conceded their first try of the three Premiership finals in the dying minutes.

London Wasps have now won six league titles in all, equal with Bath and just one behind Leicester.

London Wasps welcomed back former Wasps Tom Palmer and James Haskell.

In October 2014 London Wasps announced that from December 2014 they would play their home games at the Ricoh Arena.

On Monday 19 July 2021, London Wasps announced a new logo to bring all elements of London Wasps including the Netball team, Women and Amateur rugby sides under one new visual identity.

On 15 May 2022, London Wasps failed to repay the £35m bond finance they had raised in 2015, however stated they hoped to re-finance by 13 August.

On 13 August 2022, London Wasps did not refinance the bond, with owner Derek Richardson stating "we are not in administration and we are not going to be" after rumours of administration appeared on the internet.

On 21 September 2022, London Wasps Holdings announced their intention to appoint administrators due to ongoing financial difficulty.

London Wasps expanded their sporting brand in 2016 with the addition of London Wasps Netball.

In 1996 Wasps moved to play their home games at Queens Park Rangers' home ground, Loftus Road, in West London.

Between 2004 and 2015 Wasps took part in the London Double Header at Twickenham, this was a designated home match in 2005,2007,2010,2012 and 2013.

On 29 April 2021, London Wasps announced a new multi-year deal with Danish sportswear manufacturer Hummel to become 'technical and retail partner'.