Aviva Premiership
Wasps sign four players ahead of next season
ESPN Staff
May 22, 2015

Wasps have completed the signings of four players ahead of next season with James Downey joining from Glasgow Warriors. 

Downey, who used to play for Northampton, joined earlier in the season as injury cover for Alapati Leiua, Chris Bell and Ben Jacobs but he has now signed a permanent deal. He will be joined at Wasps by centre Brendan Macken, who arrives from Leinster, Leicester loose-head Tom Bristow and Scotland A scrum-half Jamie Stevenson.

"As everyone knows, the depth of your squad is extremely important," Wasps boss Dai Young said. "You need high quality cover for injuries and to be able to rest players when they need it during the year, managing the squad to arrive at the business end of the season in the best shape possible.

"We have three talented, young players coming in in Brendan Macken, Tom Bristow and Jamie Stevenson, who I believe will fit really well into the squad. I'm also pleased that James Downey will be staying next season - his experience at the top level has been really beneficial since he joined and you know he will always produce a quality performance in midfield.

"I am really pleased with our recruitment to date. We already have a very strong nucleus to the squad of young home-grown talent, who have gone from strength to strength this season and who have re-committed to the club. We have been able to complement that core group with experienced players such as Bradley Davies and Alapati Leiua this season and next season will do the same through Jimmy Gopperth.

"Add to that the exciting up-and-coming talent we have joining, in England Saxons scrum half Dan Robson and All Black Frank Halai, and I think we will be in a good place next season. We are also looking at a couple of other players, but will announce these when finalised."

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