I can give you what the Torygraph said:
London Irish on the brink after being served winding up petition
London Irish have been served a winding up petition by HM Revenue and Customs as the financial crisis deepens for the stricken Premiership club.
Irish face being suspended from competition next Tuesday unless they can demonstrate that they can be funded through next season, either by the US consortium purportedly interested in buying them or by their existing ownership.
On Friday, a winding up petition from HMRC over unpaid tax added to that tension. London Irish Rugby Ground Limited, London Irish Holdings Limited and London Irish Scottish Richmond Limited have all been singled out.
All three of these companies count Adrian Alli, the club?s interim chief executive, and owner Mick Crossan as directors and list their respective addresses in Sunbury-On-Thames.
While not terminal to the business in itself, and different to a winding up order, the issue of these winding up petitions follow an ominous trend. Worcester Warriors went into administration last September after months of uncertainty over the payment of wages, which foreshadowed a winding up petition.
London Irish employees have only been paid half of their wages for May, having also had to wait to receive their salaries for April. The latter only arrived two days before the club?s final match of the Premiership season against Exeter Chiefs when Crossan stepped in to stump up the cash as players were about to hand in breach-of-contract letters.
The timing of the crisis is particularly brutal on players and staff because finding onward destinations will not be easy. Many teams, both in the Premiership across the French Top 14, are finished with their recruitment for next season and tied by salary cap constraints of their respective competitions.
Having granted a week-long extension at the request of Irish players and staff, the RFU has stressed that their June 6 deadline is final.
The article then goes on to review the new help the government is working on. Got to love the irony.
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