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Nick

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,211
Don't Wasps have less than a week to confirm it all?
 
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vow

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,212
Was thinking of changing my Avatar picture but it's staying a bit longer now.
 
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Kneeza

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,213
Sick Boy said:
I still wouldn’t rule out them trying to come back to Coventry at some point.
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Not if they get their putrid claws into Sixways. Ideal for them size-wise, and a rugby market.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,214
Kneeza said:
Not if they get their putrid claws into Sixways. Ideal for them size-wise, and a rugby market.
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Is it particularly? Worcester were always in kind of a false position because of their benefactor, no surprise that when he dies they fall.

Not sure it's the long term solution for a nomadic rugby club, although it's a half decent ground and no particular football competition.
 
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jordan210

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,215
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Wasps are on the verge of finalising a deal to play at Sixways, the former ground of Worcester Warriors, Telegraph Sport understands.

The arrangement would see professional rugby return to Sixways just months after the Warriors were liquidated, with Wasps expected to abandon plans to move to Solihull.

Wasps were relegated from the Premiership following their own liquidation last year. They are now in the process of applying to join the Championship. Any application to play at Sixways would need to be ratified by the RFU.

And on a dramatic day for the stricken former Premiership clubs, it also was announced that Worcester Warriors will rebrand as Sixways Rugby and play in National League 2 West after taking over semi-professional side Stourbridge."

Wasps to play at Sixways after Worcester owners rebrand Stourbridge RFC

Exclusive: Stourbridge RFC to be rebranded as Sixways Rugby and play in National League 2 West
www.telegraph.co.uk

im sure the locals will give them a loving reception....
 
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Flying Fokker

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,216
Good riddance.
 
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Kneeza

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,217
Deleted member 5849 said:
Is it particularly? Worcester were always in kind of a false position because of their benefactor, no surprise that when he dies they fall.

Not sure it's the long term solution for a nomadic rugby club, although it's a half decent ground and no particular football competition.
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Far more so than the CBS n'est ce pas? That was the point I was making.
Renting at the CBS vs renting at Sixways. The latter makes far more sense.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,218
tisza said:
Has he ever been right on anything?
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jordan210

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,219
Nick said:
Don't Wasps have less than a week to confirm it all?
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Tuesday deadline for championship
 

Grendel

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,220
Shugs take is the move to Worcester rescues an empty building

It?s beyond question that I?d support Wasps if we moved to Sixways. I don?t see the difference between there and Loftus Road, Adams Park or the Ricoh from a moral perspective. If anything it?s rescuing an empty building. My main worry is pushing so much through before the 14th. If we aren?t allowed to compete in the Championship next year we will be finished.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,221
Not been following this story much so what's happened?
I know they hadn't fulfilled what ever obligations the rugby authorities require so why, if they can't play at Solihull, is Worcester being touted?
 

tisza

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,222
Grendel said:
Shugs take is the move to Worcester rescues an empty building

It?s beyond question that I?d support Wasps if we moved to Sixways. I don?t see the difference between there and Loftus Road, Adams Park or the Ricoh from a moral perspective. If anything it?s rescuing an empty building. My main worry is pushing so much through before the 14th. If we aren?t allowed to compete in the Championship next year we will be finished.
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why is it empty if Stourbridge are relocating there under the new ownership?
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,223
They really are detestable.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 9, 2023
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chiefdave

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,225
The RFU says it will now consult with the local rugby community over the Worcester/Stourbridge tie-up.
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Article on the BBC site has the above line in it. How come that never happened when Wasps turned up here?
 
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Flying Fokker

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,226
chiefdave said:
Article on the BBC site has the above line in it. How come that never happened when Wasps turned up here?
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Lesson learned?
 
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CCFC54321

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,227
Has the telegraph website got rid of that wasps header yet?
 

JAM See

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #7,228
CCFC54321 said:
Has the telegraph website got rid of that wasps header yet?
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Nope. Still there.

 
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tisza

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #7,229
chiefdave said:
Article on the BBC site has the above line in it. How come that never happened when Wasps turned up here?
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So Stourbridge much closer to Worcester than cov . surely Wasps parachuting in has a bigger effect on the local rugby community?
 
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napolimp

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #7,230
I don't get it. Where are the fans going to come from if they move to Worcester? Who's going to go and watch? How are you supposed to run a professional sports club with no spectators? Surely any rugby fans in the area will go and watch the newly branded Sixways Rugby Club at the same ground, it's still their team following a merger. So if all the local rugby fans are going to watch Sixways, and there's no local furore over a big club playing premiership and European rugby moving in, then who's going to turn up?

I can't help but feel that, who ever is running that club, it's one stupider decision after another.
 

jordan210

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #7,231
napolimp said:
I don't get it. Where are the fans going to come from if they move to Worcester? Who's going to go and watch? How are you supposed to run a professional sports club with no spectators? Surely any rugby fans in the area will go and watch the newly branded Sixways Rugby Club at the same ground, it's still their team following a merger. So if all the local rugby fans are going to watch Sixways, and there's no local furore over a big club playing premiership and European rugby moving in, then who's going to turn up?

I can't help but feel that, who ever is running that club, it's one stupider decision after another.
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2 clubs at the same staduim. One the local one and other a bunch of nomads that no one in any league realy likes. I cant see them getting large attendances tbh
 

MusicDating

Euro 2016 Prediction League Champion!!
  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #7,232
napolimp said:
I don't get it. Where are the fans going to come from if they move to Worcester? Who's going to go and watch? How are you supposed to run a professional sports club with no spectators? Surely any rugby fans in the area will go and watch the newly branded Sixways Rugby Club at the same ground, it's still their team following a merger. So if all the local rugby fans are going to watch Sixways, and there's no local furore over a big club playing premiership and European rugby moving in, then who's going to turn up?

I can't help but feel that, who ever is running that club, it's one stupider decision after another.
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I mean it worked out brilliantly for Wasps at Loftus Road, Adams Park and the Ricoh...
 
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tisza

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #7,233
napolimp said:
I don't get it. Where are the fans going to come from if they move to Worcester? Who's going to go and watch? How are you supposed to run a professional sports club with no spectators? Surely any rugby fans in the area will go and watch the newly branded Sixways Rugby Club at the same ground, it's still their team following a merger. So if all the local rugby fans are going to watch Sixways, and there's no local furore over a big club playing premiership and European rugby moving in, then who's going to turn up?

I can't help but feel that, who ever is running that club, it's one stupider decision after another.
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Exactly. What's the capacity 10-11k? Limited hospitality and sponsorship. Worcester couldn't make it work without Duckworth's large resources - and that was for the local team. Bet london-based Wasps fans are thrilled with the prospect of M25/M40 to watch games.
 

Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #7,234
Why have they rebranded as Sixways Rugby club? Wouldn't it be better to have at least kept the Worcester name if not Warriors? I wonder if it's to make way for Wasps to be seen as the main club around there?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #7,235
Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon said:
Why have they rebranded as Sixways Rugby club? Wouldn't it be better to have at least kept the Worcester name if not Warriors? I wonder if it's to make way for Wasps to be seen as the main club around there?
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I was thinking Sixwasps in honour of their paying attendance
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Feb 13, 2023
  • #7,236
MusicDating said:
I mean it worked out brilliantly for Wasps at Loftus Road, Adams Park and the Ricoh...
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I think you're missing the point though, thousands of fans want to see European top level / top class no second tier rugby as they did at the aforementioned
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Feb 13, 2023
  • #7,237
So can they fully close tomorrow or what?
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 13, 2023
  • #7,238
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
So can they fully close tomorrow or what?
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That's the deadline to have everything sorted to be in the Championship, unless it gets extended again.
 
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Nick

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  • Feb 14, 2023
  • #7,239
Bondholders still don't look to have been paid anything yet....

Deadline today for it all to get sorted??
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 14, 2023
  • #7,240
Nick said:
Bondholders still don't look to have been paid anything yet....

Deadline today for it all to get sorted??
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I thought the deal with Frasers meant they should have had at least some money returned by now?
 

Grendel

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  • Feb 14, 2023
  • #7,241
Nick said:
Bondholders still don't look to have been paid anything yet....

Deadline today for it all to get sorted??
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No todays deadline isn’t the same thing it’s for approval by the RFU
 

Nick

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  • Feb 14, 2023
  • #7,242
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I thought the deal with Frasers meant they should have had at least some money returned by now?
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Doesnt look like it yet

I got the consent documentation from the trustees but so far have heard nothing from AJ Bell, which is the route by which we vote. I am about to contact them. There is not that much time before the 22nd February deadline. 90% of bondholders will need to agree for us to take the current settlement.
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Nick

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  • Feb 14, 2023
  • #7,243
Grendel said:
No todays deadline isn’t the same thing it’s for approval by the RFU
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Can they be approved without them being paid or is it rugby debts only?
 

Sick Boy

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  • Feb 14, 2023
  • #7,244
Was the latest deadline today?
 

Nuskyblue

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  • Feb 14, 2023
  • #7,245
Sick Boy said:
Was the latest deadline today?
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Half an hour ago according to their tinpot forum
 
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