- Warriors to return next season in new-look Tier 2 league
- Team to play at Sixways after ‘challenging process’
Worcester Warriors insist they will be both sustainable and competitive when they return to English rugby’s second tier next season almost three years after going bust. The club’s new owners have had to provide stringent financial guarantees and commit to repaying rugby creditors left high and dry when Worcester went into administration with debts of more than £25m in September 2022.
In the past clubs such as Richmond and London Welsh have been forced to start again at the foot of the English pyramid but a condition of Worcester’s return to the new-look Tier 2 league is that outstanding debts to, among others, HMRC and DCMS will be settled by the end of the year. In addition, the new owners have already made substantial payments to the administrators.
Warriors to return next season in new-look Tier 2 leagueTeam to play at Sixways after ‘challenging process’Worcester Warriors insist they will be both sustainable and competitive when they return to English rugby’s second tier next season almost three years after going bust. The club’s new owners have had to provide stringent financial guarantees and commit to repaying rugby creditors left high and dry when Worcester went into administration with debts of more than £25m in September 2022.In the past clubs such as Richmond and London Welsh have been forced to start again at the foot of the English pyramid but a condition of Worcester’s return to the new-look Tier 2 league is that outstanding debts to, among others, HMRC and DCMS will be settled by the end of the year. In addition, the new owners have already made substantial payments to the administrators. Continue reading…
