DONE: Bath close in on signing Worcester trio

Sunday, 02 October 2022 at 19:45

byRugby Rucker

Bath RFC are ready to raid financially struggling Worcester Warriors, according to The Rugby Paper.

Rugby transfer guru Neil Fissler revealed today that the black, blue and whites have launched a sensational bid to take captain Ted Hill, Ollie Lawrence and Rory Sutherland to The Rec on short-term loans.

Warriors were suspended from the Premiership after the club failed to meet a Rugby Football Union funding ultimatum last Monday.

As a result, the men's team were banned from the Premiership and the women's side from the Premier 15s.

Warriors have become the first Premiership club to go into administration since Richmond in 1999.

Administration means the men's side could be sanctioned with either a points deduction or relegation.

All 13 Premiership Club Owners Ranked By Their Net Worth

Gallagher Premiership owners are growing richer than ever before, but how much are they worth?

There's currently trouble at Worcester Warriors, which isn't awfully surprising when you compare their owners wealth to their Premiership rivals

Four clubs have no clear owner:

The full list is made up of data from talkSPORT, The Mirror and The Sun.

Exeter Chiefs: N/A

Club states that it remains owned by 700 members, the shares held by John Lockyer, Bob Staddon, Paul Derbyshire and Ian Pugsley acting as trustees.

Leicester Tigers owner: N/A

Most recent annual return notes a large number of individual shareholders; club states that no person owns 50% or more of the club shares.

Saracens: N/A

No overall controlling party following the purchase of the club from Nigel Wray.

Northampton Saints owner: N/A

No overall controlling party.

Now, take a look through the gallery to reveal the estimated net worth of the Gallagher Premiership's owners and top shareholders.

9. Colin Goldring and Jason Whittingham: net worth - £3 million

8. Newcastle Falcons owner: Semore Kurdi net worth - £20 million

7. Harlequins owner: Duncan Saville net worth - £20 million

Ultimately owned by Union Mutual Pension Fund Ltd, registered in the tax haven of Bermuda. Reported to be owned by financiers Charles Jillings and Duncan Saville

6. Gloucester owner: Martin St Quinton net worth - £20.2 million

Ultimately owned by Martin St Quinton, who made his fortune from selling his company Azzurri Communications.

5. Sale Sharks owner: Simon Orange net worth - £25m

Owned by Simon Orange via a holding company, CorpAcq Ltd. The combined cash at bank value for all businesses where SIMON holds a current appointment equals £20.6m, a combined total current assets value of £99m with a total current liabilities of £119.9m and a total current net worth of £-25m.

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4. London Irish owner: Mick Crossan net worth - £45.5 million

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3. Wasps owner: Derek Richardson net worth - £60 million

Owned by Derek Richardson via Moonstone Holdings, a company registered in Malta.

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2. Bath owner: Bruce Craig net worth - £249 million

The accounts state that the ultimate controlling owner is the sole shareholder, Bruce Craig.

1. Bristol Bears owner: Stephen Lansdown net worth - £1.35 billion

Bristol City majority shareholder Steve Lansdown has lost £370m over the last 12 months, likely as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Sunday Times.

Lansdown’s wealth is valued at £1.35bn, down from £1.72bn last year, and the Bristolian billionaire has fallen 22 places in the newspaper’s annual Rich List.

The 67-year-old Guernsey-based businessman is now ranked outside Britain’s 100 wealthiest people, dropping from No83 in 2019 to No105 in 2020.