{"id":74556,"date":"2025-08-18T03:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T03:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74556\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T03:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T03:03:06","slug":"disaster-the-5-worst-gallagher-prem-signings-of-all-time-ranked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74556\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Disaster&#8221; &#8211; The 5 Worst Gallagher Prem Signings of All Time Ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When clubs splash big money in the Gallagher Prem, expectations are sky-high.<\/p>\n<p>Some signings hit the mark instantly, becoming legends in their new jerseys.<\/p>\n<p>Others\u2026 not so much.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a rundown of the five worst Premiership signings ever\u2014players who promised fireworks but ended up fizzling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel\/AbYd2l05pp1bM_Ix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Join RUCK\u2019s Instagram broadcast channel\u00a0<\/a>and get the latest rugby news straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>#5. Chris Ashton \u2013 Harlequins \u2192 Worcester Warriors (2021)<\/p>\n<p>Chris Ashton is England\u2019s second-highest all-time try scorer, known for blistering pace and sidestepping defenders like a video game.<\/p>\n<p>He had won Premiership titles with Northampton and Quins, and earned 39 caps for England.<\/p>\n<p>His 2021 move to Worcester was supposed to bring experience to a struggling backline.<\/p>\n<p>After just two appearances for Quins mid-season, he swapped to Sixways.<\/p>\n<p>Only four appearances followed.<\/p>\n<p>A red card against Northampton Saints cut his impact even shorter.<\/p>\n<p>Knee and calf injuries compounded the misery.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were left wondering if they ever saw Ashton at full throttle.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the failure, his record-breaking try totals ensure he won\u2019t be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/disaster-the-5-worst-gallagher-prem-signings-of-all-time-ranked\/2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CONTINUES ON PAGE TWO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When clubs splash big money in the Gallagher Prem, expectations are sky-high. Some signings hit the mark instantly,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-74556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}