Worcester Warriors Supporters Club
The Worcester Rugby Football Club are an English rugby union club. The club's first team are members of the RFU Championship, after being relegated from the Guinness Premiership, and use the nickname Warriors. They also take part in the British and Irish Cup. They previously competed in the Anglo-Welsh Cup and the European Rugby Cup competitions, as well as the Guinness A League. The club's kit is made by sports manufacturer Cotton Traders and they are sponsored by Worcester Bosch. Their home stadium is the Sixways Stadium, and the team colours are blue and gold. Their nearest rivals are Gloucester and Bristol rugby clubs.
The club was originally founded in 1871 by the Reverend Francis John Ede, with the first known game played against the Artillery on November 8, 1871. The club began playing at Bevere in Worcester in 1954 and left Bevere for Sixways in 1975 when the clubhouse was opened. When the league system was formed, the club was placed in North Midlands Division One, a level eight league.
In recent years due to extensive support from their backer Cecil Duckworth, the club were able to build a strong team and promotion after promotion followed. In 2006, extremely ambitious plans were announced for a £23 million development programme, which would see a health club with fitness centre and swimming pool, fully tarmaced park and ride area, and expanded capacity, estimated to be 13,000.