LIVE updates from our man at Sixways, Geoff Berkeley, where Worcester Warriors go up against London Scottish in the Greene King IPA Championship.
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MATCH SUMMARY: Worcester Warriors demonstrated the gap between the top two and the rest as they put eight tries past third placed London Scottish.
Worcester were not at their best, especially in the first half as the visitors did hold a 15-14 lead at one stage before Chris Pennell gave his side a 21-15 advantage at the break.
Warriors did not look back after the interval as they crossed the whitewash a further five times, including a fine try from Jonny Arr at the death to complete the rout. Thanks for following.
FT: WORCESTER WARRIORS 56 LONDON SCOTTISH 15
More on try: Warriors complete the rout with a superb move involving Ryan Mills, Leonardo Senatore and Jonathan Thomas before Jonny Arr finished it off in the corner. Symons also rounded off a stellar display with the boot with his eighth successful conversion at the death.
80min – Worcester Warriors 56-15 London Scottish – CONVERSION – Andy Symons
79min – Worcester Warriors 54-15 London Scottish – TRY – Jonny Arr
More on try: Lamb was poor in the first half but he has been back to his best in the second period. The fly half’s superb long pass finds Max Stelling who dots down in the corner. Symons dispatches the touchline conversion.
71min – Worcester Warriors 49-15 London Scottish – CONVERSION – Andy Symons
70min – Worcester Warriors 47-15 London Scottish – TRY – Max Stelling
More on try: After withstanding a ten minute spell of heavy pressure from London Scottish, Warriors score their sixth try of the afternoon. Sam Betty was the scorer after getting on the end of a driving maul. Symons once again converts.
66min – Worcester Warriors 42-15 London Scottish – CONVERSION – Andy Symons
65min – Worcester Warriors 40-15 London Scottish – TRY – Sam Betty
-Scottish might be 20 points behind, but they are currently deep in Worcester’s half with a lineout.
More on try: A fine individual try from Sam Smith. The wing does brilliantly get on the end of his own grubber kick through to score. Symons adds the extras.
50min – Worcester Warriors 35-15 London Scottish – CONVERSION – Andy Symons
49min – Worcester Warriors 33-15 London Scottish – TRY – Sam Smith
More on try: A superb start to the second half from Warriors and from debutant Cooper Vuna who gathered Max Stelling’s pass to score. Symons continued his impressive kicking record today with the conversion. Bonus point in the bag as well.
42min – Worcester Warriors 28-15 London Scottish – CONVERSION – Andy Symons
41min – Worcester Warriors 26-15 London Scottish – TRY – Cooper Vuna
SECOND HALF UNDERWAY
HT: WORCESTER WARRIORS 21 LONDON SCOTTISH 15
36min – Worcester Warriors 21-15 London Scottish – PENALTY MISSED – Lydon
More on try: Mike Williams looks set to score before Lee Millar’s last-ditch tackle, but the lock managed to get the ball away to Pennell who crashed over for his side’s third try, which was converted by Symons.
34min – Worcester Warriors 21-15 London Scottish – CONVERSION – Andy Symons
33min – Worcester Warriors 19-15 London Scottish – TRY – Chris Pennell
– Warriors making a number of errors as Lamb produced a poor pass which almost saw Scottish go clean through before Cooper Vuna put in a forward pass.
28min – Worcester Warriors 14-15 London Scottish – PENALTY MISSED – Andy Symons goes wide from distance.
More on try: Another disappointing passage of play from Warriors sees them concede a penalty before giving away a simply try. Ryan Lamb’s pass was intercepted by Lydon who eased through under the posts for an easy extra two points.
23min – Worcester Warriors 14-15 London Scottish – CONVERSION – Peter Lydon
22min – Worcester Warriors 14-13 London Scottish – TRY – Peter Lydon
18min – Worcester Warriors 14-8 London Scottish – PENALTY – Peter Lydon
More on try: Warriors’ forward pack seem to be on top in the early stages and so it proved for GJ Van Velze’s try as he gets driven over the whitewash. Symons coolly converts.
16min – Worcester Warriors 14-5 London Scottish – CONVERSION – Andy Symons
15min – Worcester Warriors 12-5 London Scottish – TRY – GJ Van Velze
More on try: Worcester hit back with a superb breakaway try. Max Stelling started the move with a strong run from deep before Leonardo Senatore took the ball on. Jonny Arr was forced to cut back inside as London Scottish came back, but Stelling then found Lamb who crossed the whitewash. Symons converted.
9min – Worcester Warriors 7-5 London Scottish – CONVERSION – Andy Symons
8min – Worcester Warriors 5-5 London Scottish – TRY – Ryan Lamb
More on try: A poor kick into touch by Ryan Lamb sees Warriors face a lineout deep inside their half – and Scottish made full use of it. The visitors’ forward pack produces a well organised driving maul before Mark Bright crashes over.
3min – Worcester Warriors 0-5 London Scottish – CONVERSION MISSED – Peter Lydon
2min – Worcester Warriors 0-5 London Scottish – TRY – Mark Bright
KICK OFF
-Just spoken to chief executive Jim O’Toole, who said there are currently five coach-loads of supporters travelling to Doncaster for the British & Irish Cup final next Friday.
Team news:
Worcester Warriors: Pennell, Smith, Stelling, Symons, Vuna, Lamb, Arr, Bower, Annett, Schonert, Williams, Thomas, Senatore, Betty, Van Velze (c)
Replacements: Creevy, Rapava Ruskin, Rees, O’Shea, Mulchrone, Mills, Howard
London Scottish: Lee Millar, Matt Williams, Kieran Moffat, Doneghan, Mantella, Lydon, Heeks, Hallam, Cherry, Prescott, Brown, Phillips, Best, Ludlow, Bright
Replacements: Lilley,Kwasnicki, Chawatama, Gillanders, Chisholm, Stevenson,Hawke
Welcome to Sixways where Worcester Warriors will be looking to return to winning ways against London Scottish after last week’s defeat to Jersey.