6 Pennell – A frustrating afternoon for the full-back whose early pass was picked off by Goneva for Tigers’ opening try.

7 Heem – Back on the wing and showed fine support play to finish off a clean break by Hougaard for Warriors’ first touchdown.

8 Symons – Finishing his career at Sixways with a flourish. Scored a well-taken try. Returned to the field with stitches after a nasty clash of heads with Tigers scrum-half Harrison.

7 Mills – Fired Warriors ahead with a long-range penalty and was defensively sound in the heart of the midfield.

8 Vuna – A bustling and busy display from the wing who was keen to get involved and showed touches of aggression.

6 Heathcote – Kicked well until blotting his copybook by missing a second-half penalty in front of the posts which would have brought Warriors within a point of Tigers.

8 Hougaard – The scrum-half’s final game of the season for Warriors and he marked it with a lively display in defence and attack.

7 Ruskin – Started off strongly and almost finished off a passing move, which was deemed forward, until injury struck. Replaced by Leleimalefaga after 20 minutes.

7 Annett – Part of a solid Warriors front row which dominated the first-half exchanges.

8 Schonert – Fast becoming one of the first names on the Worcester team-sheet. Had the upper hand in the first half as Warriors bossed the scrum.

7 Cavubati – Started off slowing, spilling early passes, but showed much more of his aggression and ball-carrying prowess after the break.

6 Barry – Appeared to pick up an early injury and received several bouts of treatment before being replaced by O'Callaghan.

6 Dowson – Very quick to the breakdown in the early stages but was replaced at half-time after a bang on the head.

9 KIRWAN – Set his standards with an early turn-over and maintained his high work-rate throughout the 80 minutes. Warriors’ man of the match.

7 Van Velze – Set up Worcester’s first try after a crunching tackle on Tigers hooker Ghiraldini. Prominent in the loose.

Replacements: Ruskin (Leleimalefaga 20, 7), Barry (O'Callaghan 33, 6), Dowson (Betty 40, 7), Annett (Bregvadze 57, 6), Schonert (Johnston 64, 6), Heathcote (Lamb 70). Not used: Hammond.

Leicester: Veainu; Thompstone, Betham, Tait (Smith 70), Goneva; Williams, Harrison (Youngs 44); Ayerza (Genge 52), Ghiraldini (Bateman 52), Balmain (Cole 52), Barrow, Kitchener, Slater (Croft 64), McCaffrey, Fonua (Evans 40). Replacement not used: Bell.

Referee: Greg Garner.

Attendance: 21,682.

RUN OF PLAY: 3-0: Mills pen, 9 mins.

3-5: Goneva try, 14 mins.

3-7: Williams conv, 14 mins.

8-7: Heem try, 18 mins.

10-7: Heathcote conv, 18 mins.

10-12: Fonua try, 27 mins.

10-14: Williams conv, 27 mins.

15-14: Symons try, 37 mins.

17-14: Heathcote conv, 37 mins.

17-19: Veainu try, 39 mins.

17-21: Williams conv, 39 mins.

17-26: Evans try, 64 mins.

17-28: Williams conv, 64 mins.

17-31: Williams pen, 71 mins.