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Taking a look at the financial crisis gripping the Gallagher Premiership

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London Irish could be the latest victims of the financial crisis gripping the Gallagher Premiership. Here the PA news agency looks at the clubs most affected by the grim outlook.

GONE: The first club placed into administration back in September, Worcester’s future is still uncertain despite being taken over by Jim O’Toole’s Atlas Group.

Entrance into the second tier Championship has been blocked by the Rugby Football Union for their failure to meet certain conditions and their plan of joining with Stourbridge and relaunching in the fifth tier appears dead in the water.

The month after Worcester folded, Wasps followed them into administration as the league suffered the crushing blow of losing one of English rugby’s most famous brands.

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