Premiership Clubs' Unrecovered Covid Loans

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Wasps, Worcester and London Irish owe more than Â£30m in unpaid Covid loans

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London Irish , Wasps and Worcester left the taxpayer out of pocket by more than Â30m in unrecovered Covid loans.

The three Premiership clubs went out of business during the 2022-2023 campaign after taking Â41.6m in contingency funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport .

The DCMS expects to recover a further Â7.3m to Â11.1m in all from the trio and six other borrowers.

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