WARRIORS’ side Worcester Sixth Form College returned to winning ways as they beat Leicester Tigers’ Brooksby Melton College 22-19 in the AASE League play-offs.

After 10 minutes of huge defensively efforts from both teams, the Worcester side opened the scoring as Charlie Gamble intercepted to score and Jake Leonard converted.

Brooksby responded just a few minutes later with a converted try to level the scores but Worcester closed the half out with a well-timed backs move from a scrum that saw Leonard find a gap before offloading to Gamble to touch down fpt his second.

The conversion was narrowly missed, meaning Worcester led 12-7 at the break.

The second-half kicked off in a similar fashion as the first before the Brooksby backs finally made some space through the middle and managed to score, levelling proceedings at 12-12.

Worcester hit back after Freddie Spencer produced an excellent kick that bounced into the opposition 22.

And after the ball was fumbled by Leicester, George Parker capitalised, picking up the ball and bashing his way to the line. Leonard converted.

The Leicester outfit responded once again after a series of carries from their forwards which stretched the Worcester defence and after converting their try, it was all square once again.

The winning score for Worcester started from a scrum in their own 22 which saw Gamble make 40 metres down the touchline before being fed to Tom Furnival who broke the line and took the ball up the opposition 22.

And, in front of the posts, the Leicester players infringed at the breakdown giving Leonard a straightforward kick to take the lead and seal the victory.

Warriors AASE manager Ryan Watkins said: “It was a great response after a disappointing result last week. Our defensive efforts on our own line were outstanding, keeping them out on several occasions.

“That was definitely the most physical game we’ve had this year and credit must go to the Leicester side as they took us all the way.”

Worcester’s next game is away to Gosforth Academy at Kingston Park on Wednesday (4pm) and will know a win will take them through to AASE League finals day.