2:40pm Saturday 6th February 2010
By Tom Guest
The Warriors pack powered their side to a 19-9 victory over London Irish. Chris Pennell scored the only try, while a hatful of Willie Walker penalties sealed the win for Worcester. See Monday's Worcester News for a full match report, reaction and pictures.
57mins: Penalty, Irish (Hewat).
46mins: Yellow card, Irish (Lamb); Penalty, Worcester (Walker).
HALF-TIME... Worcester's dominant pack have laid the platform for a well-deserved interval advantage. In-form wing Chris Pennell scooted over for the opening try, while fly-half Willie Walker has kicked the other eight points. Ryan Lamb has kept the Exiles in touch with two penalties.
40mins: Penalty, Worcester (Walker).
32mins: Penalty, Irish (Lamb).
29mins: Penalty, Worcester (Walker).
18mins: Penalty, Irish (Lamb).
6mins: Try, Worcester (Pennell); conversion - Walker.
GOOD afternoon and welcome to the Worcester News' live coverage of Worcester Warriors line-up for today's LV= Cup clash with London Irish at Sixways (3pm).
Marcel Garvey is one of three changes made by director of rugby Mike Ruddock from the team that tasted defeat at Gloucester in the last pool game. Academy product Greg King is named at inside-centre alongside Dale Rasmussen, with Sam Tuitupou unavailable after being given permission to return to New Zealand this week.
Prop Tevita Taumoepeau is promoted to the front row, with Olivier Sourgens moving to the bench, while Will Bowley is also named among the replacements.
Tom Wood and Miles Benjamin are not selected as they will represent England Saxons in Italy on Sunday, while Alex Grove is among the replacements for Scotland against France in the Six Nations.
Matt Mullan returns to the Warriors squad from senior England training and is named among the replacements.
Former Worcester players Jamie Lennard and James Tideswell among the London Irish replacements for today's game. The Exiles make six personnel and two positional changes to the team that started against Harlequins last weekend.
In the front row, former Springbok Faan Rautenbach comes in at tighthead prop, in the second row Matt Garvey starts alongside Andy Perry, while Gary Johnson switches from the second to the back row where he starts at blindside flanker. Kieran Roche takes over at number eight.
TEAM NEWS...
Worcester Warriors: Latham; Pennell, Rasmussen, King, Garvey; Walker, Arr; A Black, Lutui, Taumoepeau, Rawlinson, Gillies, Cracknell, Sanderson, Horstmann. Replacements: Mullan, Fortey, Sourgens, Bowley, Collins, Powell, Jones, Gear.
London Irish: Hewat; Ojo, Seveali'i, Mapusua, Rudd; Lamb, Lalanne; Murphy, Buckland, Rautenbach, Garvey, Perry, Johnson, Thorpe, Roche. Replacements: Coetzee, Dermody, Tideswell, Low, Gibson, Catt, Richards, Lennard.
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