LIVE updates from our man at Sixways, Geoff Berkeley, where Worcester Warriors face Bedford Blues in the Greene King IPA Championship.
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FT: WORCESTER WARRIORS 42-12 BEDFORD BLUES
More on try – Bedford end the game on a high as Adamson sprints clear down the left to score. Sharp adds the extras to complete the scoring.
-80min – CONVERSION – Worcester Warriors 42-12 Bedford Blues – Sharp
-80min – TRY – Worcester Warriors 42-10 Bedford Blues – Dean Adamson
-More on try – Gilbert who has been in superb form for Worcester, spots a gap in Bedford’s defence and takes full advantage to score near the posts. Mieres slots home a simple conversion.
76min – CONVERSION – Worcester Warriors 42-5 Bedford Blues – Mieres
-75min – TRY – Worcester Warriors 40-5 Bedford Blues – Gilbert
-72min – Warriors almost score another as Tom Biggs is held up over the line. This came from a superb run from Mieres from deep after he picked up Gilbert’s pass. The ball then found Stelling who was stopped short before Bedford just managed to deny Biggs his second try.
–69min -YELLOW CARD – Ben Howard is sent to the sin-bin for a deliberate knock-on as Bedford search for their second try of the game.
More on try – Another well-control catch and drive sees Gilbert over for his second try of the evening and Worcester’s fifth. Lamb adds the extras and is replaced as Ignacio Mieres enters the field.
61min – CONVERSION – Worcester Warriors 35-5 Bedford Blues – Lamb
60min – TRY – Worcester Warriors 33-5 Bedford Blues – Gilbert
More on try – Howard receives Mills’ before feeding Stelling who goes over in the corner.
-56min – CONVERSION – Worcester Warriors 28-5 Bedford Blues – Lamb
-55min – TRY – Worcester Warriors 26-5 Bedford Blues – Stelling
-50min – Warriors looking threatening as Ryan Mills and Ryan Lamb fling the ball around. But Bedford are clinging on as strong tackling stopped Howard from going over before referee Steve Lee ruled out a try from Gilbert after he appeared to have touched down Lamb’s crossfield kick.
More on try – Skipper GJ Van Velze finishes off a superb move which began with a powerful run up-field from prop Mike Daniels. Stelling and Howard then combined before the latter found Van Velze who crashed over.
42min – CONVERSION – Worcester Warriors 21-5 Bedford Blues – Lamb
41min – TRY – Worcester Warriors 19-5 Bedford Blues – GJ Van Velze
HALF TIME SUMMARY – Early tries from Tom Biggs and Mat Gilberts give Warriors the lead at the interval. But Bedford Blues are certainly no pushovers as they came back with a try from Joe Vandermolen and caused a few problems for the hosts’ defence.
HT – WORCESTER WARRIORS 14-5 BEDFORD BLUES
-40min – Warriors driving maul working well in the opening period and the hosts thought they had got their third try, but it was ruled out for offside.
-38min – Yellow card – Skipper Paul Tupai has been sin-binned, leaving Bedford to defend the remaining couple of minutes with 14 men.
-36min – Jake Sharp also impressing in the ten jersey for Bedford as he produces a fine kick to the corner.
-33min – After a slow start, Blues are certainly showing signs of making a match of this as Mike Howard snatches a Warriors lineout, which keeps his side on the front foot.
-More on try – Scrum half Darryl Veenedaal brushes past Max Stelling before finding Joe Vandermolen to simply touch down. Some soft tackles going in from Worcester.
-29min – CONVERSION MISSED – Worcester Warriors 14-5 Bedford Blues – Jake Sharp hooks his effort right of the posts.
-28min – TRY – Worcester Warriors 14-5 Bedford Blues – Joe Vandermolen
-25min – Bedford beginning to get more of the ball as they look to get their first points on the board.
-Warriors in total control at the moment and they thought they had scored again as Stelling crossed in the corner. But referee Steve Lee adjudged Ben Howard’s pass to Stelling to have gone forward.
-More on try – After GJ Van Velze latched on to Dan George’s lineout throw, Warriors drove over the line and Mat Gilbert was the man to dot down.
-13min – CONVERSION – Worcester Warriors 14-0 Bedford Blues – Ryan Lamb
-12min – TRY – Worcester Warriors 12-0 Bedford Blues – Mat Gilbert
-More on try – A clever kick from Ryan Lamb found Tom Biggs. The ball was recycled and the latter eased over the line. Warriors also came close to scoring moments before as Max Stelling just failed to gather his own chip ahead.
-4min – CONVERSION – Worcester Warriors 7-0 Bedford Blues – Ryan Lamb
-3min – TRY – Worcester Warriors 5-0 Bedford Blues – Tom Biggs
-Kick off – Ryan Lamb gets the game underway at Sixways shortly after both teams, fans and coaches observed a minute silence.
Teams
Warriors: Howard, Smith, Stelling, Mills, Biggs, Lamb, Mulchrone, Rapava Ruskin, George, Daniels, Williams, O’Shea, Cox, Gilbert, Van Velze (c)
Replacement: Sowrey, Bower, Rees, Percival, Arr, Mieres, Symons
Bedford Blues: Wigglesworth, Tapley, Dodge, Hakalo, Adamson, Sharp, Veenendaal, Parilli-Ocampo, Saunders, Boulton, Howard, Tupia (c), Blanchet, Buggea, Vandermolen
Replacement: Clare, Williams, Gulliver, Fenton-Wells, Dyer, White, Jones
– A warm welcome to a chilly Sixways where Warriors return to league action against Bedford Blues. Director of rugby Dean Ryan has made eight changes to the side which thrashed Moseley in the British & Irish Cup a fortnight ago. Among those is Ryan Lamb, who has not featured since the final day of last season.