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Worcester Warriors have withdrawn their proposal to play in the Championship next season and will rebrand the club as Sixways Rugby, says owners Atlas.<\/span><\/p>\n Warriors had been given until 14 February to meet Rugby Football Union criteria to play in the second tier.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n But Jim O’Toole, who led the Atlas takeover alongside James Sandford, said they have pulled out of talks.<\/span><\/p>\n “There were a number of key clauses in the contract that we couldn’t sign,” said O’Toole.<\/span><\/p>\n He told BBC Hereford & Worcestershire: “This decision will clearly upset and annoy a number of people.<\/span><\/p>\n “The sad fact of life is that the Worcester Warriors brand and the Worcester Warriors business is gone.<\/span><\/p>\n “The name sadly will disappear. We are rebranding as Sixways Rugby.”<\/span><\/p>\n The new club will instead partner with fourth-tier side Stourbridge, who ex-Warriors chief executive O’Toole says will play at Sixways for the rest of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n