FRANCO Smith’s first match as Glasgow Warriors coach will now be against the Ayrshire Bulls in Inverness tomorrow night [Friday] after Worcester pulled out of the fixture.
The English club are close to going into administration, and their players have not been paid this week. Last weekend Adam Hewitt, the Sixways club’s principal shirt sponsor, said he would cover the cost of the trip from the English Midlands to the Highland capital. But yesterday Worcester director of rugby Steve Diamond stated via Twitter that in the circumstances it would be unfair on the squad to insist on their fulfilling the fixture.
