Club Statement - Rugby Creditors

Following the completion of the adjudication process, final offers have now been made to outstanding players/will be made by close of business today 12 February.  The club have been working through and calculating final figures, including a voluntary additional sum being paid by the club to players for the period between 27 September and 5th October 2022.  A period which the adjudicator found that the players were not entitled to be paid. The club anticipate that payments will be processed as soon as account details are verified with individual players (it is anticipated that this will conclude within the next 14 days though may take longer if payment verification is not immediate).

There remain certain parties who have not been able to substantiate or evidence their claims, and the process will shortly conclude in relation to those parties should they not provide any substantive information to verify their claims.  These parties will be given one final opportunity, and we will be writing to them imminently.  Anyone who is in the process and whose claim has been rejected has the right to appeal their position to an independent adjudicator.  This process remains open and, as far as the club is aware, no further appeals are outstanding. 

The public comments of others on the very complicated matter of rugby creditors, which we have managed with ownership and without support, do not reflect the very special circumstances and the lengths to which we have gone to ensure compliance and fairness - which is a story yet to be told.