Gloucester Rugby’s chief executive has said he expects the club to continue to turnover a profit despite the cost-of-living crisis and the financial reverberations of Wasps and Worcester Warriors entering administration. Lance Bradley said while it was “very sad” for the fans, players and staff of both beleaguered clubs, which have entered administration and been relegated from the English Premiership, the situation had presented “other opportunities”.
Speaking at a business club meeting of local firms and sponsors at the Cherry and Whites’ ground Kingsholm, Mr Bradley said their demise had prompted conversations between the league’s remaining teams over the need for greater financial transparency from clubs, plus the future structure and governance of English rugby’s elite division.
Mr Bradley, a former UK managing director of Mitsubishi, said the possibility of reducing the Premiership further to 10 teams was being explored, to avoid league fixtures clashing with with international windows when top players join up with their national sides.
