“The Jordan Associates team will now turn its attention to negotiating a full and sustainable return for London Irish to competitive rugby, hand-in-hand with London Irish’s supporter base,” the club said in a statement.
A consortium led by the former Formula One team owner Eddie Jordan has bought London Irish more than a year after the Premiership club was suspended from all rugby for being unable to pay its players.
Jordan, whose Silverstone-based Jordan team raced in F1 from 1991 to 2005, formed a consortium called the Jordan Associates the following year to buy the club, which was founded in 1898.
The financial crisis forced the club to enter administration after the Rugby Football Union’s June 2023 suspension when Mick Crossan, who had owned the side since 2013, stated that plans to finalise a takeover from the American consortium NUE Equity had failed.
Eddie’s youngest son Kyle, a senior partner in the consortium, said the new owners will reach out to the global Irish diaspora to build up the club’s brand.
