LONDON : English Premiership rugby club London Irish were hit with three winding up petitions from the Government's tax authority HMRC on Friday, furthering the likelihood of their financial demise before the RFU's June 6 deadline.According to filings at London's High Court, HMRC applied to wind up the cl
LONDON : English Premiership rugby club London Irish were hit with three winding up petitions from the Government's tax authority HMRC on Friday, furthering the likelihood of their financial demise before the RFU's June 6 deadline.
On Wednesday the RFU, after being asked by the club's players and staff for more time, granted the club an extra week to show evidence of a much-discussed takeover by an American consortium or that they had the finance in place under current owner Mick Crossan to continue through the 2023-24 season. Players and staff were given half their May salaries this week, with the promise that the shortfall would be made up.
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