LIVE updates from our man at Sixways, Geoff Berkeley, where Worcester Warriors go up against Bristol in the Greene King IPA Championship.
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MATCH SUMMARY: Two yellow cards in the second half cost Worcester Warriors dear as Bristol came storming back to clinch victory and top spot.
Warriors appeared to have the match sewn up when Ryan Lamb landed a penalty shortly after Cooper Vuna’s 46th minute try to make it 23-10.
But crucially Warriors lost their cool as Vuna and Jonathan Thomas both saw yellow card, while Bristol scored the try to claw their way back into the match.
Charlie Amesbury and Ben Mosses went over before a thrilling finale saw Robinson steer his side to victory with two late penalties.
The defeat means Worcester will now face London Scottish in the play-off semi-final. Thanks for following.
FT: WORCESTER WARRIORS 26 BRISTOL 30
80min – Worcester Warriors 26-30 Bristol – PENALTY – Robinson
78min – Worcester Warriors 26-27 Bristol – PENALTY – Robinson
75min – Worcester Warriors 26-24 Bristol – PENALTY – Lamb
74min – Despite being a man down, it is Worcester who have the ball in their opponents half and have now got the chance to get back in front with a penalty.
70min – YELLOW CARD – Jonathan Thomas replaces Vuna in the sin bin as the Aussie has only just come back on to the field.
More on try: Bristol certainly benefited from the extra man as they swing the ball from right to left before Charlie Amesbury touches down in the corner. Robinson holds his nerve with the kick to put Bristol ahead.
65min – Worcester Warriors 23-24 Bristol – CONVERSION – Robinson
64min – Worcester Warriors 23-22 Bristol – TRY – Charlie Amesbury
More on try: Almost immediately after Cooper Vuna sees yellow for a tip tackle, Bristol score through Ben Mosses, who goes in under the posts to leave a simple conversion.
57min – Worcester Warriors 23-17 Bristol – CONVERSION – Robinson
56min – Worcester Warriors 23-15 Bristol – TRY – Ben Mosses
55min – YELLOW CARD – Cooper Vuna. Warriors down to 14 men.
52min – Worcester Warriors 23-10 Bristol – PENALTY – Lamb
49min – Worcester Warriors 20-10 Bristol – PENALTY – Robinson
More on try: Worcester immediately on the front foot at the start of the second half. Ryan Lamb flings the ball outwide to Pennell who feeds Vuna to score. Lamb converts from outwide.
47min – Worcester Warriors 20-7 Bristol – CONVERSION – Lamb
46min – Worcester Warriors 18-7 Bristol – TRY – Cooper Vuna
-Try-scorer Slowik is currently down after a collision with Chris Pennell.
Second half underway
HT: WORCESTER WARRIORS 13 BRISTOL 7
40min – Worcester Warriors 13-7 Bristol – PENALTY MISSED – Lamb
39min – Worcester Warriors 13-7 Bristol – PENALTY – Lamb
33min – Cooper Vuna and Ryan Lamb looking to make things happen for Warriors in the first half, with the former squeezing through a gap.
26min – Warriors breakaway down the left with Chris Pennell and then Cooper Vuna, but the Aussies’ pass finds a Bristol player.
21min – Worcester Warriors 10-7 Bristol – PENALTY – Ryan Lamb
-Stelling has been replaced by Fatiaki after picking up what appears to be a hamstring injury when scoring the try. Warriors will hope it’s not serious.
More on try: Worcester hit back immediately as Max Stelling receives Ryan Lamb, who eased through a gap, to score in the corner. Lamb lands the conversion.
11min – Worcester Warriors 7-7 Bristol – CONVERSION – Ryan Lamb
10min – Worcester Warriors 5-7 Bristol – TRY – Max Stelling
More on try:
9min – Worcester Warriors 0-7 Bristol – CONVERSION – Nicky Robinson
8min – Worcester Warriors 0-5 Bristol – TRY – Auguy Slowik
-First scrum and it’s Worcester who come out on top as Bristol get penalised. Ryan Lamb kicks into touch.
-Warriors looking lively early on as Chris Pennell gets the bumper home crowd going with a break in midfield.
KICK OFF
-A victory should take Worcester to the top of the table, unless Bristol get two bonus points and the hosts don’t score four tries.
-No Gavin Henson, Dwayne Peel and David Lemi in the Bristol line-up, while Warriors have packed their side full of first team regulars. Dean Ryan clearly wants the win more than Andy Robinson ahead of the play-offs.
Teams
Warriors: Pennell, Biggs, Stelling, Mills, Vuna, Lamb, Arr, Bower, Annett, Schonert, Williams, O’Shea, Thomas, Betty, Van Velze (C)
Replacements: Creevy, Fainga’anuku, Rees, Senatore, Percival, Mulchrone, Fatiaki
Bristol: Slowik, Watkins, Tovey, Mosses, Amesbury, Robinson, Tessell, Traynor, Brooker, Perenise, Townson, Sorenson (c), Mama, Lam, Eadie
Replacements: Crumpton, O’Connell, Ford-Robinson, Joyce, Robinson, Hampson, Jarvis
Welcome to Sixways where Worcester Warriors will be looking to usurp Bristol at the top of the table with victory over their promotion rivals.