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Thu 05 May 2007Tigers don't frighten this WaspInterview with Eoin Reddan: Johnny Wattersontalks to a man likely to be a key figure not only for Wasps next Sunday but also for Ireland in the next few months.Two years on and Eoin Reddan commands the number-nine shirt at Wasps with a confidence that would have beggared belief on leaving Munster. When the scrumhalf moved to London at the beginning of the 2005-2006 season, Matt Dawson of England and Lions fame stood in his way. While Dawson was nearing the end of a luminous career, the changing of the guard was swift.