Worcestershire have played their first two Championship matches at Kidderminster after the New Road home became unusable due to flooding – @WorcsCCC/X Diary of a day in the West Country where the survival of county cricket is under threat: Gloucestershire by bankruptcy, after announcing an even bigger-than-normal loss of £1.19m, and Worcestershire by climate change. … Read more
Worcester Warriors Women withdrew from the PWR in October – Shutterstock/Ashley Crowden When Worcester Warriors Women abruptly withdrew from Premiership Women’s Rugby last October, Stef Evans made a promise to himself. The Canadian front row had a modest contract with Sixways, but when she started looking for a new club she was no longer willing … Read more
Will Joseph, formerly of London Irish, now impresses with Harlequins on the European stage – Getty Images/Patrick Khachfe Picking out the positives from the 2022/23 Premiership campaign is a bit like searching a particularly filthy drain for lost keys. Losing three clubs, albeit under different circumstances, was an indelible and shameful blight on the sport … Read more