Thirteen players agree new Wasps deals

The news comes just two weeks after the confirmation that England trio James Haskell, Riki Flutey and Tom Palmer are all joining French sides at the end of the season.

Staying put along with Cipriani are fellow internationals Phil Vickery, Tom Rees, Tim Payne, Dave Walder, Simon Shaw and Mark van Gisbergen, plus Dominic Waldouck, Danny Birkett, Tom French, John Hart and academy pair Joe Simpson and James Honeyben.

"We are delighted with the volume of players committing to the club for next season and for those to come," said director of rugby Ian McGeechan.

"This is a great show of intent from the players and our board as we see a mixture of experienced and international calibre players combine with up-and-coming names.

"All of these play a pivotal role in our campaign both now and in the future and are core to the continuing development of the team and our rugby."

Cipriani is one of those who have signed a one-year deal - Vickery, Rees and Shaw are for two years and prop Payne for three - and executive director Mark Rigsby commented: "We're absolutely delighted to be making this announcement.

"We hope today goes an awful long way to putting an end to the speculation."