FULL-TIME: Worcester Warriors 32-0 Bedford Blues (From Worcester News)

FULL-TIME: Worcester Warriors 32-0 Bedford Blues

1:52pm Saturday 8th January 2011 in Warriors By Tom Guest, @tomguestWN #WENsport

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BEDFORD manage to hold Worcester to just 10 second-half points, but the hosts run out 32-0 winners.

Second-placed Blues were not impressive, but regardless, Warriors are now 17 points clear at the top.

Aleki Lutui bashed over for the only second-half score, while Goode added the conversion and a penalty.

It threatened to be a cricket score at half-time, but the game went off the boil in the final 20 minutes.

Either way, Richard Hill will be ahppy with five points and a clean sheet.

See Monday's Worcester News for a full match report, reaction and pictures.

HALF-TIME...

Two tries from Marcel Garvey and a Tom Arscott score have given Worcester Warriors a commanding interval lead over Bedford.

Andy Goode has weighed in with a penalty and two conversions.

It's been a polished display from Richard Hill's men so far against their nearest rivals in the Championship.

GOOD afternoon and welcome to Sixways for the Worcester News' live coverage of today's top-of-the-Championship clash between Worcester Warriors and Bedford Blues (3pm).

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Warriors head coach Richard Hill has recalled Tom Arscott and he is named on the wing with Miles Benjamin moving to the replacements.

Scrum-half Jonny Arr also starts alongside Andy Goode at half-back as Hill makes just two changes to the starting line-up that defeated Bristol to extend the lead at the top of the league to 12 points.

Skipper Kai Horstmann and back row partner Pat Sanderson will both make their 150th appearances for Warriors in the fixture.

England Under 20 rising star Matt Kvesic – who grabbed a brace against Esher in his last appearance - is named on the bench.

Warriors: Carlisle; Garvey, Crockett, Higgitt, Arscott; Goode, Arr; A Black, Lutui, Tomaszczyk, Kitchener, Gillies, Best, Sanderson, Horstmann.

Replacements: Fortey, Douglas, Rawlinson, Kvesic, Frost, Rasmussen, Benjamin.

Bedford: Pritchard; Schmidt, Burke, Vass, Taylor; Dorrian, Chudley; Walsh, Richmond, Boulton, Howard, Tomes, Gillanders, Harding, Wray.

Replacements: Clark, Ovens, Rae, Tupai, Walshe, Bedford, Thrower.