Worcester Warriors 13-0 Newcastle (From Worcester News)

Worcester Warriors 13-0 Newcastle

7:00pm Friday 26th February 2010 in

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FINAL SCORE... Worcester finally win in the Guinness Premiership! Will Bowley's late try secures a valuable four points for Mike Ruddock's side, who climb above fellow strugglers Sale Sharks, who play Gloucester at Kingsholm tomorrow, to 10th in the table. For a full match report and pictures, see tomorrow's Worcester News.

73mins: Try, Worcester (Bowley), conversion - Walker.

62mins: Missed penalty: Newcastle. Jimmy Gopperth pulls a simple chance left of the uprights.

56mins: I'm still here, but there has been no further scoring as both sides are cancelling each other out.

HALF-TIME... In a cagey opening 40 minutes, Worcester lead by two successful Willie Walker penalties without reply. Warriors' lead has been built on an impressive set-piece performance against Carl Hayman et al.

32mins: Penalty, Worcester (Walker).

16mins: Penalty, Worcester (Walker).

UPDATE... Greg Rawlinson has dropped out of tonight's game through illness. Graham Kitchener will start in his place with Will Bowley coming onto the bench.

GOOD evening and welcome to the Worcester News' live coverage of tonight's massive Guinness Premiership showdown with Newcastle Falcons at Sixways.

It's not quite a must-win situation yet, but a defeat tonight would really pile the pressure on Warriors boss Mike Ruddock.

After being sent off at bath last time out, Tom Wood has been dropped and is replaced on the blindside flank by Chris Cracknell.

For Newcastle, number eight Adam Balding is handed a start against the team he will join in the summer.

Warriors: Latham; Pennell, Rasmussen, Tuitupou, Benjamin; Walker, Arr; A Black, Lutui, Taumoepeau, Rawlinson, Gillies, Cracknell, Sanderson, Horstmann.

Replacements: Mullan, Fortey, Sourgens, Kitchener, Wood, Powell, Jones, Gear.

Falcons: Tait; Williams, Vickerman, Tu'ipulotu, Bobo; Gopperth, Young; Golding, Vickers, Hayman, Hudson, Swinson, Browne, Wilson, Balding. Replacements: Walker, Ward, Shiells, Sorenson, Welch, Charlton, Miller, Biggs.