Wasps Dai Young: I pinched myself seeing 28,000 on first day at the Ricoh

The director of rugby has overseen a transformation from near administration to the brink of the European Champions Cup quarter-finals but has sometimes had to ‘pretend things were better than they were’Even Dai Young still cannot quite believe it. His Wasps team are about to play a huge European game at their own stadium in front of 25,000-plus fans. Should they beat Leinster on Saturday they will reach the quarter-finals of Europe’s premier competition for the first time since they won it in 2007.Domestically they are also upwardly mobile, backed by a committed owner. Had Young waved a magic…