RFU rejects appeals from Wasps and Worcester over relegation from Premiership

APPEAL REJECTED: The Wasps emblem outside the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, home of Wasps RFC, following the announcement the club has been placed into administration and have immediately ceased trading. Pic: PA

Wasps and Worcester have failed with ‘no fault insolvency’ applications that would have seen them avoid automatic relegation from the Gallagher Premiership if successful.

Administrators made the applications for Wasps Holdings Limited and WRFC Trading Limited, the main operating entities of each club.