NATHAN VAUGHAN 7

Provided assurance without being overworked.

Came for things with authority and even when he did have a hairy moment with Stuart Hendrie, forced his opponent wide enough for it not to matter.

TYLER WEIR 6

Played ahead of George Forsyth on the right and did well enough on a sticky pitch, digging in and making life difficult while helping City to keep ticking over.

JAMIE SMITH 7

Good defensively and picked decent passes. Stood up to be counted when it mattered, a player that is maturing well.

JORDAN STODDART 7

Put himself in the thick of the battle as always and offered a threat at set-pieces. Helped to mop up one or two ragged moments in the first half and built on that.

MARK SMITH 7

A solid return and another whose presence took the sting out of a Rugby attack that possessed plenty of movement.

NATHAN HAYWARD 7

Kept City moving and again, clever in tight spaces by looking one way and passing another.

STAR MAN – GEORGE FORSYTH 8

Fast becoming City’s first name on the team sheet.

Slotted in at right-back, adding power to attacks as well as covering all of the bases defensively. Won more than his fair share of headers in his own box too.

BRAD BIRCH 7

Was unfortunate not to get rewarded for his trademark driving runs. Another tireless display with no shortage of quality.

JAMES BALDWIN 6

Lots of work rate without catching the breaks. On another day he might have scored a couple but kept getting in there until the end. His time will come.

DAVE REYNOLDS 7

Chances came and went but when the chips were down, City’s top scorer kept his cool. Like Baldwin, could have had a couple but again worked well in testing conditions.

ALEX TOMKINSON 6

Linked up well with Reynolds in particular but could have blotted his copybook with the odd stray pass, particularly the one that set up a Rugby attack just past the hour.

Subs: Birley 6 (Weir, 65), Thomas 7 (Stoddart, 71), Danks 6 (Reynolds, 82). Unused subs: Moran, Gwynne (g/k).

Our poll runs until 5pm on Sunday, February 4. The result will be published in Monday's print edition of the Worcester News.

Rugby: Cooper 7, Woodward 6, Kelly 6, Dance 7, Castleton 6, Beasley 5, Hendrie 7, Belcher 6 (Ashby, 58, 7), Kolodynski 5 (Lockley, 58, 7), Wiggins-Thomas 6, Ruff 7. Unused subs: Wright, McGahey, Print.

Attendance: 216.

Referee: Richard Cutts, 5/10.

Match rating: 4/5.