Lions star Daly commits his future to Wasps by signing a new contract

British and Irish Lions star Elliot Daly has signed a contract extension with Wasps.

England’s 24-year-old utility back has pledged his future to the Coventry club, despite interest from a host of Premiership rivals.

Saracens and Harlequins were understood to have been keen to recruit Daly, who started all three Tests for the Lions in the summer’s drawn series in New Zealand.

Wasps boss Dai Young hailed Daly’s new deal as another feather in the cap for last term’s beaten Aviva Premiership finalists.

“Elliot is an integral member of our squad and it is fantastic for the club that he has signed a contract extension with us,” said Young.

Daly has won 13 caps with England, forcing his way into Eddie Jones’ Test side on the wing, a role that he reprised with the Lions.

He remains just as happy at outside centre with Wasps however, and can also operate at full-back. The Wasps academy graduate has racked up 157 club appearances since his 2010 debut aged just 18.

Daly has helped Wasps progress from a relegationthreatened club without a home to one of the most potent sides in Europe, since their switch to Coventry’s Ricoh Arena.

“I’m really pleased to have extended my contract with Wasps,” said Daly.

“In some ways it seems like yesterday that I made my Wasps debut. In other ways, when you think of the progress we’ve made as a club and squad over the past five years in climbing from 11th to first at the end of the regular season, it feels like a lifetime ago.”

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