Steve Diamond launches bid to rescue Worcester from administration

Steve Diamond is heading a consortium hoping to take control of Worcester (David Davies/PA)

Former Worcester director of rugby Steve Diamond has launched a bid to rescue the club from administration and restore it to the Gallagher Premiership within the next four years.

Diamond is leading a consortium, Sixways Village, that also includes former Leicester chief executive Simon Cohen, and hopes to achieve preferred bidder status with administrators Begbies Traynor.