WORCESTER Warriors will have Premiership club Wasps just 40 miles away from December.

Wasps will be leaving Adams Park in Wycombe for Coventry’s Ricoh Arena.

Former Warriors player Andy Goode has called Wasps’ move ‘great news’ and said owner Derek Rich - ardson had secured the club’s future.

Wasps have acquired a 50 per cent interest in the Coventry stadium and will jointly own the ground with Arena Coventry Limited, allowing Coventry City Football Club to play there as tenants.

Premiership Rugby chief executive Mark McCafferty said: “It is a positive and significant move by a club determined to re-assert itself at the top of the domestic and Euro - pean game.”

In a statement, Warriors said they were seeking clarification from Premier Rugby Limited and the RFU.

“Most importantly, these concern how Wasps’ fans’ engagement and commu - nity programmes will sit alongside the significant investment we have made in our current academy pro - grammes in the area without conflict,” it added.

For more reaction, see tomorrow's Worcester News.