Their likely demise comes after Premiership clubs Wasps, Worcester and London Irish entered administration last season.
ENGLISH CLUB RUGBY’S bleak financial climate appears to have claimed another victim after Jersey Reds announced they have ceased trading while the sport is being showcased at the World Cup in France.
News of their likely demise comes after English Premiership clubs Wasps, Worcester and London Irish entered administration during the 2022/23 campaign, reducing the top flight to a 10-team competition. Players and staff at the Reds were told on Thursday that they would not receive their September salaries and that Friday’s Premiership Rugby Cup tie against Cornish Pirates could not be fulfilled.Absolutely devastated.— Alex McHenry September 28, 2023
“At one stage at the end of last season it appeared there was a viable way forward for the second tier once the new Professional Game Agreement was implemented from summer 2024, but Championship clubs have been left in the dark since that point,” he said.
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