WORCESTER Warriors are not the Harlem Globetrotters of the Greene King IPA Championship, according to director of rugby Dean Ryan.

Ryan says there’s an unrealistic assumption from some fans that Warriors can simply power past opponents in a similar fashion to the legendary USA exhibition basketball team.

A strong second-half showing led Warriors to a 56-15 victory on Saturday against play-off rivals London Scottish at Sixways.

But a section of the home crowd were frustrated with Worcester’s error-ridden display in the first-half, particularly after 22 minutes when the hosts trailed their third-placed visitors 15-14.

Ryan said: “Let’s put things into context. We didn’t start very well but this game is complex.

“Let’s respect everybody we’re playing against.

“There’s become an assumption that we should be the Harlem Globetrotters against everybody and everything we do should work.

“That’s just not realistic and those people who are disgruntled 20 minutes into a game after we’ve lost only once in 25 matches need to think.

“I think other people around them should have a word with them.

“It’s easy having no-error rugby but it’s not very easy to play enterprising rugby. You have to accept some errors. We want to be better and we can be better.”

Warriors bounced back from the previous weekend’s disappointing 23-21 Championship defeat at Jersey, which ended the club’s record run of 24 successive victories at first-team level.

Worcester ran in eight tries against Scottish with centre Andy Symons having a superb day with the boot, converting all the touchdowns and missing only one penalty kick.

“I would have swapped one of those for the last one last week in Jersey but that’s just life,” said Ryan.

“Andy’s quite new to goal-kicking and whether he’s enjoying the roller-coaster I don’t know but it’s part of being a goal-kicker and I thought he was outstanding — not just with his goal-kicking.

“His play was physical and he was really on script and central to a lot of good things we did.”

Warriors will now be turning their attention to Friday’s British and Irish Cup final against Doncaster Knights at Castle Park (5.10pm).

Worcester will be fielding a similar line-up to the team that recorded a 15-13 semi-final success against holders Leinster ‘A’ at Sixways earlier this month.

“It’s important that our British and Irish Cup group performs to the best of their abilities,” added Ryan.

“If they can do that, I think they will win against Doncaster.

“We will pick the same group that has played all the way through the competition.

“It’s their opportunity to play and it’s going to be a tough day in Doncaster.

“Doncaster showed how robust they were by beating Bristol.

“It is an opportunity for our group to see if they can win a trophy for the club.”

n For match analysis, reaction and more pictures from Worcester’s win over London Scottish on Saturday, see Pages 34 and 35.