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Worcester Warriors players and staff face having their contracts terminated, following part of the club being wound up in the High Court.<\/span><\/p>\n HMRC had been pursuing Worcester, who are suspended from all competitions, since August for unpaid taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Judge Nicholas Briggs instructed that WRFC Players Ltd, through which players and staff are paid – is wound up. <\/span><\/p>\n A winding-up petition against WRFC Trading Limited – which remains in administration – has been suspended.<\/span><\/p>\n All debts at WRFC Players Ltd, which had no representation in court, remain outstanding.<\/span><\/p>\n The ground and the club are under WRFC Trading Ltd, which went into administration last Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n But much of the land around the ground now belongs to other companies owned by co-owners Jason Whittingham and Colin Goldring.<\/span><\/p>\n Begbies Traynor, the administrators appointed to deal with the WRFC Trading Ltd wing of the club, will continue to deal with that part of the process.<\/span><\/p>\n But the contracts of all players, backroom staff, administrative staff, and the women’s squad, who play under the University of Worcester Warriors banner, are all effectively terminated.<\/span><\/p>\n