Oli Morris, a former centre for the Worcester Warriors, has joined COVENTRY Rugby. The 24-year-old, who participated in 34 games for the defunct Premiership team from 2019 to 2022, will join Alex Rae’s team when preseason training gets underway in early July. Last season, Morris was a player for Ampthill, a team that Cov’s Championship…
With the establishment of a new, independently-chaired Tier 2 Board of governance, the Championship has today (Friday) gained the right to a realistic possibility of promotion to the top tier of the game and taken charge of its own fate. The promotion and relegation agreement that the Championship teams have been battling for since the…
FORMER Worcester Warriors and Samoa star James Johnston has joined the Rugbytots and RugbyKids coaching team. Johnston will share his expertise and passion for rugby with young athletes in Worcestershire as part of the world’s leading rugby play programs for children – Rugbytots and RugbyKids. The powerhouse prop enjoyed an illustrious career playing for the…
James Johnston, a former player for the Worcester Warriors and Samoa, has joined the Rugbytots and RugbyKids coaching staff. Johnston will impart his knowledge and love of rugby to young athletes in Worcestershire as a part of Rugbytots and RugbyKids, two of the top rugby play initiatives in the world for kids. The powerful prop…
The American-based medical company involved in the original bid to rescue Worcester Warriors from administration has condemned the latest development in the troubled Sixways club’s ownership battle. Total Compliance Solutions (TCS) said fans “are right to be very concerned” at a new consortium called Junction 6 Ltd taking over ownership of the stadium, associated chattels…
A former Worcester Warriors and international rugby star is working to get Worcestershire children into rugby. World-renowned rugby training programs Rugbytots and RugbyKids have recruit former international player, James Johnston, a former tighthead prop for Premiership clubs Saracens, Harlequins, Wasps and Warriors, to their coaching team. Johnston, who represented Samoa in the Rugby World Cup,…
The owners of Worcester Warriors, Atlas, has undergone a pre-pack administration and is now owned by Loxwood Holdings. Chris Holland, director of Loxwood Holdings confirmed on April 25, that Atlas had entered into an insolvency process and it had gone through a pre-packaged administration process. During a parliamentary discussion on the government’s new football funding model, Worcester MP…
Business advisory firm Quantuma has completed a pre-pack administration sale of Atlas Worcester Warriors Rugby Club, securing the future of the club and protecting more than 60 jobs. Quantuma MDs Brian Burke and Andrew Watling were appointed as joint administrators of Atlas on 24 April and completed the sale of its business and assets shortly…
What Steve Diamond remembers first is the revolver wedged into the pocket of the driver on the team bus. Oh, and the machine gun in the overhead locker. In the warm-up, balls sailed into the crowd from goal kickers getting their eye in. None came back that hadn’t been punctured by knife-wielding opposition fans. Then…