Don't fancy a game? try Domino's pizza instead

As I’m sure you are all aware, the weather recently has not been great at all. I’m struggling to think of the last day it hasn’t rained.

I have been used to all sorts of conditions on a rugby field, from the blistering sun during 7’s tournaments to being stuck out on the wing in the winter time and the only action that I seen of the match was the pelting of razor sharp hail stones on my face.

The weather conditions are what make rugby, it’s a factor on what type of style you should play and it can be a way to excuse a bad performance “the weather was against us, it didn’t allow us to play.”

However Wasps had a different Idea on Friday when they turned up to play Sale in Stockport.

The team got off the bus from and deemed the pitch unplayable over safety concerns with the conditions of the water logged pitch.

Wasps coach Tony Hanks believed that when it came to scrummaging, it would be unsafe, and he felt that it was not the conditions to play professional rugby. Well tell that to all the Sunday league clubs whom I have played for in mud so thick you had to wrestle with the ground to retrieve your foot. Because there would not be many rugby games played if the conditions in Stockport where deemed unplayable.

What is so surprising is that both Sale Sharks and the referee David Rose deemed the pitch playable and had no problems with safety concerns.

Personally I feel sorry for the fans, both Sale and Wasps. They dedicated their Friday evening to see their team play. They battled the extreme conditions and made it fine.

Can you just imagine, you walking up to the ground, and seeing the players leaving and boarding their coach. You would have to question yourself and your time keeping at first, but after you realise that not everybody is late you would have to raise your eyebrows.

However, Wasps are fully within their right to call off a game, a law within the game allows a team to refuse to take the field of play if they deem it unsafe. Do you think this law is fair enough?

Think of the financial loss that Sale incurred on Friday night. I think it would be fair to say, if this game was being showed on Sky Sports, Wasps wouldn’t have dreamed of cancelling it.

But for the time being Wasps were happy with their delivery of pizza and 4 hour coach journey back to London on Friday evening.

Have Wasps been out of order here? Or do you think it was a sensible decision by Tony Hanks to avoid adding to English rugby’s long list of injuries.

Also should i point out, that the Stockport game was cancelled on Saturday due to the conditions of Edgeley Park