Ex-Wales captain Paul Thorburn believes professional rugby is on a cliff edge amid the financial crisis engulfing the English game.
Four-time Premiership champions Wasps appear set to enter administration, barely a week after Worcester suffered the same fate. Wasps owe £2million in unpaid taxes to HMRC and £35million plus interest to bondholders as part of a scheme that financed their move to Coventry.
Meanwhile, Worcester’s players are free to leave after the company which held their contracts was liquidated amid an unpaid tax bill of around £6million.
