Gloucester 17-5 Worcester Warriors (From Worcester News)

Gloucester 17-5 Worcester Warriors

2:40pm Saturday 30th January 2010 in

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FULL-TIME... Gloucester take the derby honours in a poor spectacle of a game, although both sides' hopes of progressing in this comeptition are all but over. The hosts scored tries through Freddie Burns and Akapusi Qera, while Chris Pennell touched down for Worcester. Nicky Robinson also kicked seven points for the hosts. For a full match report and reaction, see Monday's Worcester News.

75mins: Try, Worcester (Pennell).

62mins: Try, Gloucester (Qera), conversion - Robinson.

46mins: Yellow card, Worcester (Cracknell).

HALF-TIME... As scrappy a half of rugby you're ever likely to see. Poor fare from both sides, but the hosts have managed to carve out a 10-0 lead with a Freddie Burns try alongside a penalty and a conversion from Nicky Robinson.

27mins: Try, Gloucester (Burns); conversion - Robinson.

9mins: Penalty, Gloucester (Robinson).

GOOD afternoon and welcome to the Worcester News' live coverage of today's LV= Cup game with Gloucester at Kingsholm(3pm).

TEAM NEWS...

For Worcester, back row Chris Cracknell will make his debut, while Chris Latham and Sam Tuitupou return to the back line.

Chris Pennell appears on the wing after impressing at full-back against Montpellier last week.

Tom Wood and Miles Benjamin are not selected as they will represent England Saxons on Sunday and Matt Mullan is left out after spending the week in Portugal with England.

However, Alex Grove returns from a Scottish training camp to take a place on the replacements bench.

For Gloucester, Freddie Burns and Charlie Sharples are both restored to the starting line up at full-back and right wing respectively.

Lesley Vainikolo is over his stomach upset and Dave Lewis starts at scrumhalf in place of Rory Lawson.

Prop Yann Thomas, 19, is set for his first full start alongside the French front row duo of Olivier Azam and Pierre Capdevielle.

Warriors: Latham, Pennell, Rasmussen, Tuitupou, Gear; Walker, Arr; A Black, Lutui, Sourgens, Rawlinson, Gillies, Cracknell, Sanderson, Horstmann. Replacements:Gilding, Fortey, Taumoepeau, Kitchener, Collins, Powell, Jones, Grove.

Gloucester: Burns; Sharples, Molenaar, Fuimaono-Sapolu, Vainikolo; Robinson, Lewis; Thomas, Azam, Capdevielle; Bortolami, Brown; Buxton, Qera, Delve.

Replacements: Dawidiuk, Somerville, Knight, Eustace, Hazell, Lawson, Taylor, Tadulala.