Women's rugby union teams Sale Sharks and Worcester Warriors have been offered places in the Premier 15s after being controversially snubbed.
Last December eight clubs were offered a place in the next cycle of the women's Premier 15s beginning with the 2023-24 season. Both the Sharks and Warriors were omitted from the sides initially named for the league, but have now received conditional offers to join the competition.
However, one of the reasons Sale were selected for the league is because the Rugby Football Union (RFU) wants to maintain a women's rugby presence in northern England. Cash-strapped Worcester on the other hand, have recently secured funding to allow them to continue to operate.