By Aidan McCartney, Coventry Telegraph.
February 16 2015

...to prolong playing career

Wasps fly-half Andy Goode has announced he is joining London Irish next season.

The Coventry-born player, who is the Aviva Premiership’s second highest points scorer, was offered a coaching role at Wasps for next term but he has instead opted to continue playing and has swapped his hometown for London Irish.

"I have absolutely loved my time at Wasps and the club will always mean a lot to me," Goode said. "I have huge respect for Derek Richardson, Dai Young and the coaches, as well as the players here at Wasps, and I am very grateful to Dai for offering me the opportunity to start a coaching career here.

"I love playing the game and I'm excited to be joining London Irish, which is another club with fantastic opportunities ahead, following a similar re-building process to Wasps.

"I have really enjoyed being a part of that process and I know how much it has energised the players at Wasps, seeing the facilities they now have and the potential to improve as a squad.

"It has been a lot of fun being involved during the move to Coventry and the Ricoh Arena and I can only see the club continuing their upward curve.

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