English rugby’s administrators have been accused of not doing enough to protect Worcester on the day the stricken club’s players and staff lost their jobs and their Premiership fate was all but sealed. The Warriors captain, Ted Hill, publicly took aim at Premiership Rugby’s chief executive while Steve Diamond, the director of rugby, likened his sinking club to the Titanic.
The liquidation of WRFC Players Ltd, following a demand for £6m in unpaid tax from HM Revenue and Customs, means the club are in no position to fulfil their remaining Premiership fixtures this season, with hopes of an 11th-hour rescue package also hanging by a thread. While a winding-up petition for the club’s parent company WRFC Trading Ltd has been temporarily suspended, the Rugby Football Union says it is now “unlikely” the Warriors will play another Premiership game in the 2022‑23 campaign.
