London Welsh dealt blow in fight for future as investment fails to materialise

• Championship club face third winding-up order in three months in December• Club said on Thursday they had not received funding from potential backerThe future of London Welsh, one of England’s oldest rugby clubs, has been thrown into deep uncertainty once again. The Championship club announced on Thursday that the Phoenix Group, the Californian investment consortium they had hoped would secure their long-term financial security, had yet to put in any funding. They are also being investigated by the Rugby Players’ Association over whether or not they have paid their players.Damian Hopley, the…