We Need to talk about Worcester

[Saintjay]

Worcester to appeal against suspension & relegation

Worcester Warriors will appeal against their Premiership suspension and relegation, claiming that entering administration was not their fault.

www.bbc.co.uk

Interest move. Really not sure on what grounds they have. Also now half the squads gone.

 

[EdBirch]

I think if anything the suspension will remain but maybe the relegation would be reversed if the appeal is successful

 

[DragonCraig45]

Suspension was bad enough. Relegation was hasty.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Don't think either moves was hasty tbh

 

[EdBirch]

The question for us now is if a buyer is agreed etc, what will our squad look like as about 50% of this years squad has gone on long term contracts. Rightfully so as they have lives, careers and families to look after.

 

[DragonCraig45]

The question for us now is if a buyer is agreed etc, what will our squad look like as about 50% of this years squad has gone on long term contracts. Rightfully so as they have lives, careers and families to look after.

just settle for playing Rugby again next season.

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Quins and bath both playing BaBas now as well as Saints - hope they pick a load of Wasps/Warriors players to give them a chance in the window

 

[EdBirch]

Former Worcester Warriors owners fined in court

The FORMER owners of Worcester Warriors have been fined in court for failing to file accounts and reports with the registrar.

www.worcesternews.co.uk

Hopefully just the start of karma

 

[DragonCraig45]

Former Worcester Warriors owners fined in court

The FORMER owners of Worcester Warriors have been fined in court for failing to file accounts and reports with the registrar.

www.worcesternews.co.uk

Hopefully just the start of karma

Disgusting people.

 

[Which Tyler]

Former Worcester Warriors owners fined in court

The FORMER owners of Worcester Warriors have been fined in court for failing to file accounts and reports with the registrar.

www.worcesternews.co.uk

Hopefully just the start of karma

Karma would involving nailing them to the stadium by their ballsacks

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Dimes leading a consortium wanting to buy Wuss now - unnamed financial backers, Dimes as CEO, ex-Sale lawyer Mike Blood and ex-Tigers CEO Simon Cohen making up the board

 

[will311293]

Dimes leading a consortium wanting to buy Wuss now - unnamed financial backers, Dimes as CEO, ex-Sale lawyer Mike Blood and ex-Tigers CEO Simon Cohen making up the board

Lucky them! Dimes will get it right for sure. If Wasps don't come back, I would genuinely start supporting Wuss, as this club feels like it would be run right,

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Worcester Women get funding to kick off new season

Worcester Warriors women's side get sufficient funding to start the delayed Allianz Premier 15s campaign.

www.bbc.com

women to play their season

 

[Which Tyler]

I think this is right so far:

Ted Hill to Bath
Ollie Lawrence to Bath
Fergus Lee-Warner to Bath
Valery Morozov to Bath
Billy Searle to Bath
Jamie Shillcock to Bath
Joe Batley to Bristol
Jay Tyack to Bristol
Noah Heward to Bristol
Seb Atkinson to Gloucester
Alex Hearle to Gloucester
Finn Theobold-Thomas to Gloucester
Fin Smith to Northampton Saints
Tom Howe to Saracens
Andrew Kitchener to Saracens
Gareth Simpson to Saracens
Beck Cutting to Ampthill
Will Chudley to Coventry
Tom Dodd to Coventry
Kai Owen to Doncaster Knights
Oli Morris to Munster
Rory Sutherland to Ulster
Duhan van der Merwe to Edinburgh
Cameron Neild to Glasgow
Matt Kvesic to Zebre
Renato Giammarioli to Bordeaux
Curtis Langdon to Montpellier
Francois Venter to (SA) Sharks
Santiago Medrano to Western Force
Ashley Beck to Merthyr

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Curtis Langdon to Montpellier

Ashley Beck to Merthyr

Has there ever been a greater disparity?

 

[Crash Hamster]

Meanwhile...

Former Worcester Warriors owners in court again for failing to file company accounts

The former owners of Worcester Warriors have been in court to face more charges of failing to file company accounts.

www.worcesternews.co.uk

 

[TRF_Olyy]

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I think this is right so far:

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Good to see so many players land somewhere - after the reports over the summer of how many players were clubless I was worried about so many more also joining the job market

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Bit of a kicking for Sweeney and the RFU from the DCMS select committee.

RFU under fire from MPs over its role in demise of Worcester and Wasps

Julian Knight accused Bill Sweeney of being ‘asleep on the job’ while the DCMS committee questioned the suitability of Worcester’s ownership

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lé Ddanno]

Imagine being rightly and justifiably bollocked by a tory MP

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

I've said many times in private conversations, rugby governance is backwards, amateurish, deluded and treated as a big game. Whilst things like tactics, training, medical advice etc have all improved massively, the base governance and marketing of the game has been pitiful and barely appears to have moved on since the amateur era. This isn't just the RFU but for WR as well. It's part of the reason rugby is struggling so much to grow and could even be shrinking around the world. The major governing bodies are filled with incompetent old farts in suits who do not have a diligent or forward thinking bone in their body, just poddling along for a laugh.

People higher up in rugby are long overdue a proper bollocking for their mismanagement.