Ex-England winger Marland Yarde is poised to play his first match in ten months following his exit from Sale earlier this year as he has been named in the provisional Barbarians squad of 23 to take on Northampton.
Worcester have belatedly named their team for Sunday’s Gallagher Premiership match at home to Exeter after they were finally given permission by the RFU to stage the game as planned at Sixways.
Worcester have named the match day 23 for its opening game of the 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership season, a fixture at London Irish that few people thought they would be in a position to fulfil.
Fit-again England prop Beno Obano will start his first game in just over seven months when Bath take on Worcester Warriors in their final fixture of the Gallagher Premiership season.
London Irish could not celebrate teenagers Henry Arundell and Will Joseph gaining England call-ups with silverware as Worcester lifted the Premiership Rugby Cup in dramatic fashion.
Wasps secured an eighth successive home victory in all competitions with a 41-12 win over Worcester Warriors at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
Newcastle secured their first Gallagher Premiership victory for five months and their biggest in the league against Worcester as they ran out 45-10 victors at Sixways.
Fresh from having their Gallagher Premiership match at Gloucester last Friday cancelled due to a shortage of props, Worcester have brought in four players on loan from Championship club Hartpury to enable Wednesday’s Premiership Rugby Cup match against Bath.
