The current 2025–26 season is Worcester Warriors first since entering administration and being expelled from the Premiership in October 2022. They will play in Champ Rugby, the newly rebranded second tier of English Rugby Union.

Kit Detail Brand Kit supplier Macron Front of shirt sponsor Morgan Motor Company

Story of the season On 3 April 2025, Worcester Warriors made the following announcement of their return:

More than two years after entering administration, Worcester Warriors have been selected by the Tier 2 Board to join the Tier 2 league. The team will compete in the 2025/2026 season at Sixways Stadium in Worcester.

The summer and pre-season On 13 May, Matt Everard was announced as the new Head Coach. The following day, they announced their first incoming player for the upcoming season, with former Warriors flanker Matt Kvesic returning to the club after two seasons at Coventry.

As the following weeks progressed, Warriors began to build their squad, inviting fans to guess each player on a near daily basis, and giving three clues to help identify with an animated card titled "Guess the Warrior?", alike the children's board game, Guess Who?. Each player was then subsequently revealed at the end of the day.

On 22 May, Warriors announced that Tom Cruse had joined as Everard's assistant coach and on 31 May, Will Cusack joined as the new Head of Strength & Power Conditioning. On 2 June, former British & Irish Lions and England international Billy Twelvetrees was announced as Warriors 14th signing of the season in a player-coach role, coming out of retirement. On 5 June, Warriors announced their partnership with Italian sportswear manufacturer Macron to become their official kit supplier.

On 17 June, Warriors announced their title sponsorship with the Malvern-based British motor car manufacturer Morgan, to adorn their home and away kits for the season, with additional partnership bradning between the two. On 21 June, Sam Handy was announced as the new Head of Rugby Conditioning.

September On September 13, Warriors would play their first game in 1,084 days, opening their pre-season against Ampthill at Dillingham Park. Warriors named a 34-man squad for the tie, naming fly-halfs Will Lane and Tiff Eden as the captains for each half.

Warriors kick started their return to action with a 54–12 pre-season win on the road at their upcoming seasons Champ rivals. On September 18, with the squad announcement for the first match back at Sixways, the pre-season friendly against Bath Rugby, Warriors also announced that Matt Rogerson had been named the club captain for the upcoming season.

On Friday, September 19, Warriors would play their first game in front of the home crowd at Sixways, facing the reigning Premiership Champions Bath. Bath named Ollie Lawrence and Ted Hill in their starting XV, and the former Warriors received a wholesome welcome from the capacity crowd. Despite a strong showing by the hosts, Bath proved too strong and achieved a narrow 33-19 win.

October

Transfers

Transferred in DatePlayerPosFromGuess the Warrior? 14 May 2025 Matt Kvesic BR Coventry RFC 15 May 2025 Josh Bassett WG Leicester Tigers 16 May 2025 Tiff Eden FH Saracens 17 May 2025 Tim Anstee BR RFC Los Angeles 19 May 2025 Lloyd Williams SH Ealing Trailfinders 20 May 2025 Fraser Balmain PR Saracens 21 May 2025 Will Reed FH Dragons RFC 24 May 2025 Livai Natave PR Fijian Drua 26 May 2025 Tim Hoyt PR Leicester Tigers 27 May 2025 Will Trewin FB/WG Cornish Pirates 28 May 2025 Billy Keast PR Exeter Chiefs 29 May 2025 Archie Vanes HK Leicester Tigers 29 May 2025 Juan González FB/WG Peñarol Rugby 2 June 2025 Billy Twelvetrees CE - 3 June 2025 Alfie Garside WG Bedford Blues 4 June 2025 Jake Garside SH Northampton Saints 4 June 2025 Louis Brown FB/WG Newcastle Falcons 6 June 2025 James Tyas BR/LK Coventry RFC 7 June 2025 Rory Taylor CE Gloucester Rugby 9 June 2025 Thabo Ndimande BR Griquas 10 June 2025 Will Lane SH Coventry RFC 11 June 2025 Will Biggs HK Coventry RFC 12 June 2025 Côme Joussain SR Leicester Tigers 13 June 2025 Callum Smyth PR Glasgow Warriors 14 June 2025 Roma Zheng WG Harlequins 16 June 2025 Khalik Kareem BR Bath Rugby 17 June 2025 Obinna Nkwocha SR Coventry RFC 18 June 2025 James Short CE Bath Rugby 19 June 2025 Tom SeabrookCE Northampton Saints 20 June 2025 Matt RogersonBR Leicester Tigers 11 September 2025 Hallam ChapmanBR/LK Exeter Chiefs 11 September 2025 Tom GolderSR Harlequins 11 September 2025 Chris PreenCE Loughborough Students 11 September 2025 Austin WallisHK London Scottish 11 September 2025 Ashley ChallengerPR London Scottish 11 September 2025 Siva NaulagoWG Bristol Bears 26 September 2025 George YoungBR Dragons 3 October 2025 Harvey CucksonLK Bath Rugby 3 October 2025 Jasper SpandlerHK Bath Rugby 3 October 2025 Mikey SummerfieldPR Bath Rugby 16 October 2025 Will JeanesFL Bath Rugby 30 October 2025 Huw TaylorBR Seattle Seawolves 14 November 2025 Harry OldingPR Bridgend Ravens 30 October 2025 Cam MiellPR Leicester Tigers 14 November 2025 Tom CowanBR Bath Rugby 5 December 2025 Tom HendricksonCE North Harbour

Squad Forwards

Pos Name Nat Date of birth (age) Signed from App Pts Front row HK Will Biggs Coventry RFC 4 0 HK Jasper Spandler Bath Rugby 3 10 HK Archie Vanes Leicester Tigers – – HK Austin Wallis London Scottish 3 0 PR Fraser Balmain Saracens – – PR Ashley Challenger London Scottish 5 5 PR Tim Hoyt Leicester Tigers 5 0 PR Billy Keast Exeter Chiefs 4 0 PR Cam Miell Exeter Chiefs 4 0 PR Livai Natave Leicester Tigers 3 5 PR Harry Olding - Bridgend Ravens - - PR Callum Smyth Glasgow Warriors – – PR Mikey Summerfield Bath Rugby 3 0 Second row LK Hallam Chapman Harlequins 5 0 LK Harvey Cuckson Bath Rugby 2 5 LK Tom Golder Exeter Chiefs 2 0 LK Côme Joussain Leicester Tigers 1 0 LK Obinna Nkwocha Coventry RFC – – LK James Tyas Coventry RFC – – Back row BR Khalik Kareem Bath Rugby 5 0 BR Tim Anstee RFC Los Angeles 5 15 BR Tom Cowan Bath Rugby – – BR Will Jeanes Bath Rugby 2 0 BR Matt Kvesic Coventry RFC 50 30 BR Thabo Ndimande Griquas 5 0 BR Matt Rogerson © Leicester Tigers 1 0 BR Huw Taylor Seattle Seawolves 20 0 BR George Young Dragons 2 0

Backs

Pos Name Nat Date of birth (age) Signed from App Pts Half-backs SH Jake Garside Northampton Saints 5 15 SH Will Lane Coventry RFC 3 5 SH Lloyd Williams Ealing Trailfinders 4 5 FH Tiff Eden Saracens 13 40 FH Will Reed Dragons RFC 5 18 Three-quarters CE Tom Hendrickson North Harbour 0 0 CE Chris Preen Loughborough Students 1 0 CE Tom Seabrook Northampton Saints 5 5 CE James Short Bath Rugby 2 0 CE Rory Taylor Gloucester Rugby – – CE Billy Twelvetrees - 5 10 WG Josh Bassett Leicester Tigers – – WG Alfie Garside Bedford Blues 4 10 WG Juan González Peñarol Rugby 3 0 WG Siva Naulago Bristol Bears – – WG Roma Zheng Harlequins 2 10 FB Louis Brown Newcastle Falcons 2 0 FB Will Trewin Cornish Pirates 2 15

Coaching staff

Position Name Head coach Matt Everard Assistant coach Tom Cruse Head of Rugby Conditioning Sam Handy Head of Strength & Power Conditioning Will Cusack Player coach Billy Twelvetrees

Season results

Preseason

Results

+ Championship results matrix AMP BED CAL CAM CHI COR COV DON EAL HAR LON NOT RIC WOR AMP 12-66 26-21 0-71 21-31 38-32 36-27 #15 BED 20-8 29-28 #14 36-32 22-50 38-30 33-10 35-19 CAL 34-29 41-24 28-36 22-33 26-10 #15 27-21 15-17 CAM 24-45 15-55 19-33 #14 15-38 32-36 5-54 14-61 CHI 17-10 P 47-10 47-26 #14 22-20 6-11 COR #14 26-27 34–27 52-0 15-15 14-41 21-22 28-19 COV 68-26 35-30 #15 41-26 36–63 61-10 41-36 DON 30-38 27-28 42-15 21-23 #15 24-21 34-31 EAL 38-0 68-17 55-7 35-21 27-19 #15 34-33 HAR #15 38-22 42-22 25-19 36-31 33-33 28-25 LON 7-26 #15 10-38 34-10 14-38 24-33 7-26 NOT 15-15 24-31 28-36 26-8 14-17 38-24 #14 29-27 RIC 20-25 #14 18-13 17-52 7-31 12-43 17-12 26-27 WOR 56-28 26-27 40-24 29-19 #14 52-19 24-22 31-19

Season stats

Matchday squads Anstee Balmain Bassett Biggs Brown Challenger Chapman Cowan Cuckson Eden Evans Garside, A. Garside, J. Golder González Haynes Hendrickson Hoyt Jeanes Joussain Kareem Keast Kvesic Lane Miell Natave Naulago Ndimande Nkwocha Olding Preen Reed Rogerson Seabrook Short Smyth Spandler Summerfield Taylor, H. Taylor, R. Trewin Twelvetrees Tyas Vanes Wallis Williams Young Zheng

Statistics Anstee 10 10 10 - 5 - - - - 20 1 - Balmain 2 2 1 1 - - - - - 0 - - Bassett - - - - - - - - - 0 - - Biggs 9 9 5 4 1 - - - - 5 - - Brown 7 7 7 - 2 - - - - 10 - - Challenger 7 7 4 3 2 - - - - 5 - - Chapman 8 7 5 2 - - - - - 0 - - Cowan 2 2 1 1 - - - - - - - - Cuckson 2 2 2 - - 1 - - - 3 - - Eden 9 9 6 3 1 1 1 21 5 53 - - Evans 2 2 1 1 - - - - - 0 - - Garside, A. 4 4 3 1 - - - - - 0 - - Garside, J. 9 9 6 3 7 - - - - 35 - - Golder 1 - - - - - - - - 0 - - González 5 5 4 1 1 - - - - 5 - - Haynes 4 3 1 2 - - - - - 0 - - Hendrickson 2 2 2 - - - - - - 0 - - Hoyt 7 7 5 2 - - - - - 0 - - Jeanes 2 2 1 1 - - - - - 0 - - Joussain 1 1 1 - - - - - - 0 - - Kareem 10 9 6 3 2 - - - - 10 - - Keast 8 8 6 2 - - - - - 0 - - Kvesic 10 10 10 - 4 - - - - 20 - - Lane 8 7 4 3 1 - - - - 5 - - Miell 3 3 - 3 - - - - - - - - Natave 5 5 1 4 1 - - - - 5 - - Naulago - - - - - - - - - 0 - - Ndimande 10 10 5 5 - - - - - 0 - - Nkwocha 2 2 1 1 - - - - - 0 - - Olding 1 1 - 1 - - - - - 0 - - Preen 2 1 - 1 - - - - - 0 - - Reed 10 10 5 5 3 - 2 19 9 57 - - Rogerson 1 1 1 - - - - - - 0 - - Seabrook 9 9 7 2 3 - - - - 5 - - Short 4 4 3 1 1 - - - - 5 - - Smyth - - - - - - - - - 0 - - Spandler 6 6 3 3 3 - - - - 15 - - Summerfield 3 3 2 1 - - - - - 0 - - Taylor, H. 3 2 1 1 - - - - - 0 - - Taylor, R. 4 4 3 1 - - - - - 0 - - Trewin 6 6 5 1 6 - - - - 30 - - Twelvetrees 6 6 6 - 1 - - - - 5 - - Tyas 3 3 3 - 1 - - - - 5 - - Vanes - - - - - - - - - 0 - - Wallis 8 8 2 6 1 - - - - 5 - - Williams 8 8 4 4 1 - - - - 5 - - Young 2 2 2 - - - - - - 0 - - Zheng 4 4 4 - 4 - - - - 20 - -

See also Worcester Warriors

References

External links Worcester Warriors official website Champ Rugby