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The perilous financial status of the Gallagher Premiership was demonstrated again on Wednesday after Worcester were served with a winding-up petition over an unpaid tax bill.
At a court hearing, HM Revenue & Customs indicated their belief that the Warriors should be liquidated unless they can pay their debt.
Sportsmail reported in June that Worcester were late paying their players for the month of May in what was the first sign there might be trouble afoot at Sixways.
Worcester Warriors have been served with a winding-up petition over an unpaid tax bill
The serving of a winding-up petition leaves Steve Diamond’s side on the verge of falling out of business.
Just last week, Wasps missed a key deadline on the repayment of a £35million retail bond on their Coventry Building Society Arena home. And Worcester said ‘unavoidable delays’ meant they, too, had been unable to pay their dues.
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