By JON NEWCOMBE

The 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership regular season is likely to remain a 26-round season – even if Worcester are thrown out.
The Warriors’ very future remains balanced on a knife-edge due to an unpaid HMRC bill and Premiership bosses have been in talks about contingency plans if they are unable to take their place in the 13- team competition.
A well-placed source has told The Rugby Paper that every team bar Saracens was happy to revert back to a 22-week season if the league is reduced to 12 teams.
But apparently Saracens objected on rugby grounds because they have a bye in th...