Oval Talk: Firing Wasps good for England

For what it's worth, OT had the Tigers down to win at Adams Park, such has been the champions' form since the return of their England internationals and the return to fitness of playmaker Toby Flood. That they did not show how Tony Hanks has turned things around at Wasps after their struggles in the league last season when they lost seven of their first 10 games. Fifth place, just a point off the top four with a game in hand, is not a bad place for Hanks's side to be midway through the season, and probably one they would have settled for at the start of the campaign. But more importantly for OT are the portents Wasps' form could have for England in the 2009-10 Six Nations and, a little further down the line, the 2011 World Cup. A

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