Warriors to 'express interest' in Championship place

Worcester Warriors' hopes of returning to master rugby person perchance moved a important measurement person to reality.

The club, which went into management successful 2022, has been formally invited by nan Rugby Football Union to see applying to compete successful nan Championship, nan 2nd tier of nan home game.

The deadline to do truthful is 13 October and proprietor Christopher Holland said: "The Warriors will beryllium submitting their look of liking adjacent week."

It is expected that if nan Warriors were yet awarded a spot successful nan Championship, it would beryllium for nan 2025-26 season.

Holland past week confirmed a committedness to "return Warriors to master rugby" erstwhile plans were announced to redevelop their erstwhile Sixways location to see a hotel, star workplace and aesculapian centre.

Currently Sixways is location only to shot - to non-league broadside Worcester Raiders, who play successful nan Hellenic League Premier, and Worcester City Women, who play successful Division One Midlands.

A caller logo and website were precocious launched - and a important five-figure sum has been spent refurbishing nan eight-year-old artificial playing surface.

Holland besides owns Wasps, who went retired of business successful nan aforesaid play arsenic Worcester, and person been linked pinch a move to Kent.

Meanwhile, nan early and make-up of nan Championship beyond this play has yet to beryllium confirmed pinch a number of clubs expressing concerns astir its finances.

The Professional Game Partnership (PGP) has an statement pinch nan RFU and Premiership Rugby (PRL) for nan adjacent 8 years.

It will spot Premiership clubs receiving £33m per play arsenic nan PGP intends "to create world-leading English teams and thriving master leagues".

But Championship clubs – which are not a portion of nan caller woody - will each person their lowest ever sum of £133,000 this season.

From 2025-26, arsenic portion of nan PGP, a two-legged play-off will spot nan bottom-placed Premiership broadside and nan victor of nan Championship meet to determine who stays up aliases goes up - provided nan second-tier nine meets nan minimum criteria for promotion.