Sixways To Get Artificial Surface

Worcester have announced that they are set to install a new artificial grass pitch at their Sixways home ahead of the 2016/17 season. Saracens were the first Premiership side to make the switch to an artificial surface in 2013 and Newcastle Falcons then followed suit but the Warriors’ new pitch will be slightly different. The new surface, which will meet all World Rugby synthetic pitch guidelines, will be the first in the UK to feature an organic infill rather than the more widely used rubber crumb made from desiccated car tyres. The state-of-the-art, all-weather surface will be made by Italia…