London Irish v Worcester Warriors (From Worcester News)

4:58pm

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4:54pm

A few bright moments in attack from Warriors and the replacements definitely improved things late on, but a heavy defeat to a side that have struggled all season in the league.

In the first-half, Worcester's tackling was not up to scratch and they failed to ask any questions of Irish.

Danny Gray, Jake Abbott and Richard de Carpentier caught the eye in the first-half, while the introduction of Andy Goode and James Percival lifted Warriors and David Lemi took his try really well.

4:45pm

Yellow cards for Betty and Sinclair is the result. Both teams to finish the game with 14 players.

4:43pm

Bit of handbags as de Carpentier and Jebb Sinclair trade blows and Sam Betty wades in too!

4:41pm

Less than five minutes to go here at the Madejski Stadium.

4:37pm

Blair Cowan on the overlap, but can't hold onto Short's pass and the chance evapourates.

4:35pm

Irish turn the ball over on the floor, but soon knock it on. Scrum to Worcester 15m out.

4:34pm

The Warriors front row replacements are doing the business though, as they force a penalty on the Irish put-in.

4:34pm

Scrum Irish on half-way as Goode's re-start goes straight out.

4:22pm

De Carpentier shows brilliant pace to burst through and round the full-back before just being hauled into touch by Marland Yarde by the flag.

4:18pm

Despite their numerical disadvantage, Irish win a scrum penalty and kick to the corner.

4:14pm

Danny Gray knocks the ball to touch 10m out after Irish are penalised again in their own 22.

4:12pm

Warriors best scoring chance of the afternoon comes to nowt as they lose control of the ball in the face of solid Irish defence.

4:10pm

Another Warriors penalty and Schofield again calls for a scrum. irish pushing their luck with these red-zone infringements.

4:08pm

Ceri Jones flicks the ball onto Ollie Hayes, who darts right up to the Irish line but the hosts infringe and Warriors opt for the scrum.

4:04pm

Warriors' under-pressure pack crumples on their own put-in on their 22 and Homer should add three more points here.

4:02pm

No changes for either side at the interval.

4:01pm

Players are back out for the second-half. Can Warriors produce a response?

3:59pm

3:48pm

HALF-TIME: A pretty chastening first-half for Warriors who have shipped three tries already.

The visitors' first-up tackling and defence around the fringes has been awful, allowing the Exiles to spend most of the half on the front foot.

3:44pm

Ceri Jones hit for off-side, which allows Irish to punt the ball to the corner with less than a minute of the half to go.

3:42pm

Referee misses a fairly obvious forward pass by Irish who attack and win a line-out 30m out as Claassens is forced to scramble Geraghty's chip into touch.

3:39pm

The Exiles' decision to not go for the posts back-fires as Warriors defend stoutly and force a knock-on.

3:37pm

Irish win a penalty at the scrum and Geraghty finds touch in the corner despite a decent effort to keep it in by Drauniniu.

Irish win the line-out and Warriors are penalised, so the hosts opt for another scrum, about 10 metres out.

3:35pm

Warriors look to drive a maul, but Irish hold it up well and force the turn-over on half-way.

3:31pm

Marland Yarde and then Matt garvey burst through Warriors' line to take Irish into the visitors' 22, before Arr is forced to run the ball into touch by the corner flag.

3:29pm

Big, big tackle from Arr as Phibbs again broke clear - saved a try there - then a fine piece of breakdown work from Drauniniu turned the ball over for de Carpentier.....to boot clear. Decent kick from the back-rower!

3:26pm

Poor kick over the top from Jonny Arr keeps on rolling and runs dead, so Irish have the put-in on the Warriors 10-metre line.

3:25pm

Pat Phibbs pilfers the ball at the breakdown and streaks away to the 22 before being hauled down, but he is on his own and gives away a penalty for holding on. Warning for Warriors though.

3:22pm

Worcester win the line-out, but an isolated Ollie Hayes is hit for not releasing and Irish can clear.

3:21pm

Good vision from Danny Gray sees the fly-half darts back on himself and slice through the London Irish defence to take Warriors to the 22, where the hosts infringe and Gray kicks to the corner.

3:14pm

Matavesi looks to play a little too much and the ball goes to ground, leading to an Irish penalty as Warriors go off their feet.

3:12pm

Great work over the ball by Jake Abbott wins a holding on penalty against Tagicakibau as Irish looked to break.

3:11pm

Obviously, Homer kicks for Irish, not fly-half Geraghty.

3:10pm

Josh Drauniniu with a brilliant tap-tackle on Salosi Tagicakibau as the Exiles centre looks to have broken free on the left flank.

Warriors are then hit for not rolling away and home captain Shane Geraghty should level the scores.

3:09pm

Silky skills from Josh Matavesi helps Warriors into the Irish half.

3:07pm

Seems to be a pretty open start to the game, both sides finding plenty of space to run into.

3:03pm

Early chance for Warriors to take the lead with a penalty in front of the posts for off-side against Irish.

3:01pm

Danny Gray gets the match under way.

3:00pm

Fairly sparse crowd here at the Madejski....

3:00pm

The Warriors players are out, still waiting for Irish.....here they come now!

2:46pm

Fifteen minutes to kick-off, should be a high-scoring game today.

Both sides have named back-lines packed with attacking talent.

2:23pm

Also, fans took to the internet to voice their concerns at several top players opting to leave Warriors. Read more here.

2:22pm

It's been a busy week for the Sixways club, to say the least, so here's a few articles for you to have a look at before we get under way here in 40 minutes.

Matt Kvesic off to Gloucester

Warriors sign Aussie fly-half Warwick

New contract for Jonny Arr

Claassens signs for Bristol

Corin Palmer reassures fans

2:15pm

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