Brendan Gallagher, of the Daily Telegraph, looks at Marco Wentzel's role with Wasps and his part in their set-piece.
"It says much for Marco Wentzel’s reputation as possibly the top line-out operator in the Premiership that somebody as experienced and knowledgeable as Dai Young has no qualms about handing over all coaching responsibilities in that area to one of his players.
Not only will the athletic South African lock be Wasps' go-to line-out jumper at a sell-out Kingsholm on Monday against Gloucester, but Wentzel is the man who has planned and coached every variation – attack and defence – in Wasps' line-out play book. If it all goes wrong he will have nobody to blame but himself.
But so far so good. Like many it seems in a spectacularly congested Premiership table behind high-flying Harlequins, Wasps have endured mixed results but their line-out play, a source of concern over the decades, has improved dramatically.
“Marco is recognised as one of the very top line-out operators in the European game and he’s certainly the best I have ever encountered on and off the field,” says Young."
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