Warriors hope to be on road to more European success - The Worcester Observer

Warriors hope to be on road to more European success

Worcester Editorial 20th Nov, 2019 Updated: 20th Nov, 2019   0

WORCESTER Warriors will look to build on their opening-day success in the European Challenge Cup when they travel to France to face Castres.

Alan Solomons’ men hit the road once again just over a week after a near 5,000-mile round trip to Krasnodar in southern Russia for a nine-try demolition of Russian champions Enisei-STM last Friday (November 15).

The 57-14 victory sent Warriors to the top of Pool One of the competition and Solomons will hope for more of the same on Saturday (November 23) against a Castres team who fell to a 31-17 loss at former Warriors boss Dean Ryan’s Dragons side.

Despite a long and tiring journey and playing the match in a near-deserted Kuban Stadium – which has a capacity of 31,000 – a young Warriors team demonstrated supreme professionalism by securing the bonus point before half-time.




Jamie Shillcock orchestrated Warriors’ victory with a hat-trick of tries and a match haul of 27 points but this was very much a team performance.

Tries for Richard Palframan, Jono Kitto, Justin Clegg and Oli Morris completed the rout as Warriors returned from comfortably their longest away trip of the season with all the points.


Enisei, unable to stage matches at home because of the harsh Siberian winter, had a hefty pack but Warriors’ speed and fitness proved decisive in a fast and open contest on a perfect playing surface.

With the early kick-off in the Russian Caucasus, Warriors became the first winners in either of the European competitions this season.

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