WORCESTER Warriors’ players remain “remarkably buoyant” despite suffering their sixth straight Aviva Premiership defeat, according to head coach Carl Hogg.

The Sixways side failed to make their numerical advantage count at The Rec as 14-man Bath claimed a 29-13 victory on Saturday.

The result leaves Warriors at the foot of the table with one point to their name.

But Hogg insisted there was no point “throwing the baby out of the bathwater” after a poor start to the campaign.

And he has urged his squad to keep plugging away after being impressed by the effort showed against Bath.

“Clearly we would like more points on the board and to win games of rugby,” Hogg said.

“In the Premiership winning at home is fundamental to your success and we have got to bear in mind that we had three of the best teams in Wasps, Exeter Chiefs and Saracens come to Sixways.

“That’s no excuse, but that’s the reality, so let’s not panic and throw the baby out of the bathwater.

“The group are remarkably buoyant.

“But we have got to challenge ourselves next week to take that energy and effort and convert it into points.”

Warriors were leading 8-7 after a Jamie Shillcock penalty and a try from Dean Hammond cancelled out Jonathan Joseph’s early effort.

But Aled Brew went over and Ben Tapuai crossed on the stroke of half-time to give Bath a 19-8 advantage.

Shillcock got one back before Brew scored his second try, but Warriors were then handed a great chance to pick up much-needed points.

Freddie Burns was sent-off with 17 minutes to go for a tip tackle on Josh Adams, but the hosts held firm as a Josh Lewis penalty sealed a maximum-point win.

Despite the loss, Hogg hailed his men for showing “a huge amount of effort and endeavour” during the contest.

“I thought we stuck to our task really well,” he said.

“Ironically they scored (their first try) off a charge down, but they had to work really hard to get (the rest of) their tries.

"We got a lot of opportunities inside the opposition’s 22 and we just need to be more patient and more clinical in that area of the field.

“But I can’t fault the endeavour and effort.

“It was outstanding, so we need to make sure we maintain that because if we do our accuracy will come.”

Hogg admitted Tapuai’s try seconds before the interval was a “momentum swing” in the match as Warriors trailed by just four points before his score.

“Clearly you want to go in at half-time being in touch,” Hogg said.

“It was a blow for us, but I thought we recovered reasonably well.

“I thought Bath had the lion’s share of possession and territory in the second half.

“But by no means did they run away with the contest until the last 10 or 15 minutes.

“We were very much in it, but we have got to look at what we are doing inside opposition’s 22.

“We have lots of opportunities, but it’s about how clinical we are when we get there.”