Troubled Premiership club Worcester are braced for a player exodus after a company that holds their contracts was wound up at a court hearing on Wednesday.
Worcester are in administration but the company that holds player and some staff contracts, WRFC Players Ltd, a subsidiary of WRFC Trading Ltd, had been operational and was the subject of the action from HM Revenue and Customs.Ted Hill, Ollie Lawrence, Fergus Lee-Warner and Valery Morozov have already joined rival Premiership club Bath on loan and others will follow them out the door having become unemployed, along with members of staff.
Because they had not been paid for September, all players would have been able to leave on 14 October, meaning that liquidation has brought their departure forward by nine days. Worcester’s matches against Gloucester and Harlequins were cancelled on Monday and while they remain suspended from all competitions, they could be restored to the Premiership if a buyer is found by the middle of this month.
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