Rugby-Worcester to join expanded English Championship three years after going bust

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Worcester Warriors - Sixways Stadium, Worcester, Britain - October 8, 2022 General view of Worcester Warriors' Sixways Stadium. Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -Worcester Warriors are set for a return to top-level rugby as part of an expanded second-tier Championship of 14 teams, the RFU announced on Thursday.

Worcester were one of three Premiership teams to go into administration in 2022/23, along with Wasps and London Irish.