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Holland last week confirmed a commitment to “return Warriors to professional rugby” when plans were announced to redevelop their former Sixways home to include a hotel, solar farm and medical centre.<\/p>\n
Currently Sixways is home only to football – to non-league side Worcester Raiders, who play in the Hellenic League Premier, and Worcester City Women, who play in Division One Midlands.<\/p>\n
A new logo and website were recently launched – and a substantial five-figure sum has been spent refurbishing the eight-year-old artificial playing surface.<\/p>\n
Holland also owns Wasps, who went out of business in the same season as Worcester, and have been linked with a move to Kent.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the future and make-up of the Championship beyond this season has yet to be confirmed with a number of clubs expressing concerns about its finances.<\/a><\/p>\n The Professional Game Partnership (PGP) has an agreement with the RFU and Premiership Rugby (PRL) for the next eight years.<\/p>\n It will see Premiership clubs receiving \u00a333m per season as the PGP aims “to create world-leading English teams and thriving professional leagues”.<\/p>\n But Championship clubs \u2013 which are not a part of the new deal – will each receive their lowest ever sum of \u00a3133,000 this season.<\/p>\n From 2025-26, as part of the PGP, a two-legged play-off will see the bottom-placed Premiership side and the winner of the Championship meet to decide who stays up or goes up – provided the second-tier club meets the minimum criteria for promotion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n