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Wasps: Forwards Ashley Johnson and Charlie Matthews leave Premiership club


Ashley Johnson won three caps for South Africa, all of them in 2011

Forwards Ashley Johnson and Charlie Matthews have both left Premiership club Wasps.

Former South Africa hooker Johnson, 34, scored 42 tries in 198 appearances during eight years with the club.

Lock Matthews, 28, featured 28 times after joining from Harlequins in the summer of 2018.

“Ashley has to go down as one of the best signings in Wasps history,” head coach Lee Blackett told the club website.