WASPS are not blaming Wycombe Wanderers for yesterday's postponed game against Sale Sharks at Adams Park.

As tennants, Wasps rely of the Wanderers groundstaff to ensure the pitch is playable.

But although the undersoil heating at Adams Park was not switched on yesterday, Wasps chief executive Tony Copsey says the sudden dip in temperatures caught everyone cold.

He said: "Undersoil heating is designed to stave off a freeze before a frost takes a grip but as no one, weather experts included, had predicted a drop in temperature so early in the evening, or so quickly, we were advised of no requirement to use the undersoil heating prior to game day.

"If we had turned it on as soon as we were aware of the drop in temperature, it would have been unable to thaw the pitch once the frost had taken hold.

"Having reviewed events with our colleagues at Wycombe Wanderers, we are happy that there was nothing that the staff at Wasps or Wycombe Wanderers could have done to prevent such an unforeseen turn of events."