WORCESTER have issued a hands off warning for any English club eyeing up Tim Walsh.

The Sixways club, still reeling from Saturday's 38-13 defeat at promotion rivals Rotherham, have moved quickly to douse down interest in the fly half who was outstanding at Millmoor.

Rotherham's coaches were understood to be impressed with Walsh's lightning pace and distribution as he wreaked havoc in the midfield.

They were alerted to the fact that he is only contracted to Worcester until the end of January following his short-term move from North Harbour.

However, Worcester's director of rugby John Brain has dismissed any thoughts of the former Queensland star jumping ship.

"He cannot move to any other Northern Hemisphere club," said Brain. "We have the first option on him and the only other option for him is to go back to Super 12 rugby.

"He cannot go to another English club certainly. On balance, he was probably our best player at Rotherham and we will obviously be talking with him in due course. We will make a statement, however, when the time is right."

Meanwhile, Worcester have moved to patch up their back row injury crisis by bringing in Bridgend flanker Jamie Ringer.

The 26-year-old, who has been capped twice by Wales, is on trial at Sixways until December 21 and played last night in the second team as they lost 42-17 at Harlequins.

With Christian Evans and Richard Nias injured and Gavin Pfister ruled out until December 11, as he has returned to South Africa to get married, Brain decided to reinforce his squad for the league campaign.

"He's a talented player," said Brain. "With Christian, Richard and Gavin out we have gone from an abundance of talent to being very thin on the ground. Jamie played last night but it was a difficult game to go into."

Brain and the rest of the squad will today review the Rotherham performance through video footage. After analysing Chris Garrard's red card and Mark Gabey's yellow at Millmoor, Brain is expected to make a statement on the incidents.

"We are going through the game with the players today," added Brain. "But after that the game will be dead and buried. It will be time to move forward."