Worcester Warriors_Newcastle Falcons_: match report

By Paul Bolton at Sixways Published: 9:56PM GMT twenty-six February 2010

Hard yards: Worcester"s Sam Tuitupou off-loads in the plunge in to opposite Newcastle on Friday night Photo: ACTION IMAGES

Worcester eased their relegation worries with a timely initial Premiership win in five months interjection to a widespread brazen opening at Sixways.

Replacement close Will Bowley, who was usually called in to Worcester"s patrol an hour prior to kick-off when Greg Rawlinson withdrew with illness, valid the doubtful compare leader as he picked up a wandering Newcastle pass and galloped over for the wilful try 7 mins from time.

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It was usually the second Premiership try of Bowley"s career and a timely sign of his bent after a frustrating deteriorate that has seen him have usually 4 joining appearances, all of them off the bench.

His try eventually rewarded Worcester for their strenuous supremacy in the scrums but until he latched onto Rob Vickerman"s ill-directed pass all that widely separated the sides was dual initial half penalties from Willie Walker.

In law the opening was majority wider. Newcastle struggled from initial to last to carry out a prevalent Worcester front row and even former All Blacks parsimonious head Carl Hayman could not get a hold on the situation.

Newcastle did try to recompense for their brazen deficiencies by personification an coop and forward game. They had a duration of postulated vigour in each half, both of that betrothed much, but they found Worcester"s counterclaim in parsimonious mood.

Worcester"s third win - their alternative dual came in Sep - could not have been improved timed as Leeds had marked down the opening at the feet of the list to usually a point with their warn win at Sale last week.

Worcester"s executive of rugby Mike Ruddock suggested that comments done by Newcastle close Mark Sorenson forward of the diversion had desirous his players.

"We picked up on a integrate of difference on their website from one of their forwards went on jot down observant their forwards were going well and us being a pretty fit side and bashing by the middle," Ruddock said.

"We highlighted that and done Newcastle know some-more about us than maybe they had thought about prior to the game. We used a little of their comments to glow the boys up."

Worcester supporters had an early steer of Adam Balding, who has been sealed to accelerate their back-row subsequent season, but he played usually the initial half and outlayed majority of his time struggling to carry out the round at the bottom of Newcastle"s smashed scrum.

Walker"s penalties both came from Newcastle"s annoy in the scrums. Balding was incompetent to carry out the round when a scrum wheeled and Walker struck when Newcastle infringed underneath pressure.

Walker found the aim when an additional scrum went down but Jimmy Gopperth longed for an event to trim Worcester"s lead when he longed for a 62nd notation chastisement that valid to be Newcastle"s most appropriate scoring opportunity.