1:10pm Saturday 2nd January 2010
By Tom Guest
FULL-TIME... Worcester's brave rearguard is breached by a Dave Attwood try with 14 seconds remaining. Replacement Carlos Spencer couldn't manage the conversion from out wide, though, so Worcester secure another Guinness Premiership draw. See Monday's Worcester News for a full match report, reaction and pictures.
80mins: Try, Gloucester (Attwood).
43mins: Penalty, Gloucester (Robinson).
HALF-TIME... Worcester lead at the break thanks to tries from Rico Gear and Jonny Arr as well as a penalty from Willie Walker. Gloucester took the lead through Akapusi Qera, before Warriors hit back.
40mins: Try, Worcester (Arr).
31mins: Try, Worcester (Gear).
18mins: Penalty, Worcester (Walker).
8mins: Try, Gloucester (Qera).
BREAKING NEWS (PART TWO)...TONGAN prop Tevita Taumoepeau is also suffering from a virus and will not play today. The giant tighthead would have been making his 100th start for the club, but has been replaced in the XV by French veteran Olivier Sourgens. Jack Gilding takes the Frenchman's place on the bench.
BREAKING NEWS... WARRIORS' Kiwi centre Sam Tuitupou is a late withdrawal for this afternoon's Guinness Premiership clash with Gloucester. The former All Black, who is suffering with a virus, has been replaced in the Worcester midfield by Scotland international Alex Grove. Grove's fellow Scot Calum MacRae has stepped up to the replacements' bench.
GOOD afternoon and welcome to Kingsholm for the Worcester News'live coverage of today's Guinness Premiership derby clash between Gloucester and Worcester Warriors (3pm).
Mike Ruddock has made two changes to the side that was beaten 26-6 at Sixways on Boxing Day by Northampton Saints with centre Dale Rasmussen and hooker Chris Fortey coming in for Alex Grove and Aleki Lutui respectively.
The Warriors director of rugby will be hoping to mastermind a fourth successive victory over the Cherry and Whites.
TEAMS...
Warriors: Latham; Gear, Rasmussen, Tuitupou, Benjamin; Walker, Arr; A Black, Fortey, Taumoepeau, Rawlinson, Gillies, Wood, Sanderson, Horstmann. Replacements: Mullan, Lutui, Sourgens, Kitchener, Collins, Powell, Jones, Grove.
Gloucester: Morgan; Sharples, Simpson-Daniel, Sapolu, Vainikolo; Robinson, Lewis; Wood, Lawson, Somerville, Eustace, Brown, Strokosch, Qera, Delve. Replacements: Azam, Dickinson, Capdevielle, Attwood, Narraway, Williams, Spencer, Molenaar.
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