Justin Burnell adds new faces but expects familiar attitude
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Tom May is only half-joking when he says that the hardest challenge of London Welsh’s pre-season has been learning all the new names.
There have been 25 signings in total since June 4, when promotion from the Championship was sealed.
Other reports say 26, so someone may have been lost somewhere along the line.
Despite its late nature, their recruitment was not undertaken with a scattergun approach.
Justin Burnell, the club’s director of rugby, had to be ruthless in dispensing of those players who helped the club into the Aviva Premiership and immediately set about gaining the depth, pedi…
There have been 25 signings in total since June 4, when promotion from the Championship was sealed.
Other reports say 26, so someone may have been lost somewhere along the line.
Despite its late nature, their recruitment was not undertaken with a scattergun approach.
Justin Burnell, the club’s director of rugby, had to be ruthless in dispensing of those players who helped the club into the Aviva Premiership and immediately set about gaining the depth, pedi…
